InfoWorld forums pull a SCO: dead again

Post #116,059 by kmself 8/31/03 12:09:28 AM Reply	InfoWorld forums pull a SCO: dead again InfoWorld has [link\|http://forums.infoworld.com/webx?50@145.A3wwaDejhz4.0@.2cb66b65\|killed its online forums]. Again. \r\n\r\n \r\nInfoWorld forums are now closed to further postings. Archives of\r\npreviously existing forums, live events, "Ask the Author/Expert"\r\ndiscussions, etc. will continue to be available for the foreseeable\r\nfuture as forum archives.\r\n \r\n\r\n One wonders how temporary this "will continue to be available" period\r\nwill be. \r\n\r\n Fortunately, I see no need to archive this set. \r\n --\r\n Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n
Post #116,061 by deSitter 8/31/03 12:11:38 AM Reply	Re: InfoWorld forums pull a SCO: dead again Wonder if any of the old hands were still at it - pkust, jlinkous, yaz... Don't care to find out. -drl
Post #116,063 by Andrew Grygus 8/31/03 12:43:29 AM Reply	Have you seen this weeks print version? It's magazine size now, and so thin (54 pages) it doesn't even feel like a magazine, more like a newsletter. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if they dumped either the print version or the Web site entirely. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #116,065 by deSitter 8/31/03 12:56:20 AM Reply	Changed again? I used it for toilet reading while employed. Did it get even lighter? Remember when it was must-reading? When you were thrilled by its arrival so you could jump directly to Nick's columns? How long ago was that? -drl
Post #116,071 by kmself 8/31/03 1:28:08 AM 8/31/03 1:33:43 AM Reply	6 month prediction: merge or fold Though I don't know the other IDG pubs. Any picks for a combined pub? Looks like TechWorld & NetworkWorld. I see a threesome (WTF, they're SF based). Hrm...and this makes the whole "chasing the market upstream" strategy look pretty boneheaded, though truthfully, IT publications is hell now regardless. Hrm some more: the [link\|http://www.infoworld.com/advertise/adv_edt_cal.html\|editorial calendar] runs through December, which features a 25th anniversary pub. And obit? \r\n\r\n The website is pretty much just a blog syndicate presently anyway. --\r\n Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n Edited by kmself Aug. 31, 2003, 01:33:43 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #116,072 by deSitter 8/31/03 1:32:07 AM Reply	LRPD The website is just a blog syndicate"" - classic! -drl
Post #116,105 by gdaustin 8/31/03 4:57:22 PM Reply	A Hint.... A former columnist I exchange mail with suggested that they might do well to merge Infoworld and ComputerWorld into one magazine. I subscribe to Network World and Infoworld and noticed that their classified ads are already the same. It would not surprise me if they either used the same staff and changed the dates for articles, or had the same people writing articles for both, each under a different pseudonym. In the end, I think Infoworld is probably the loser. I probably need to get going on a free subscription to ComputerWorld and just help IDG "make the decision". I think they were trying to keep both alive in the hopes that a recovery could boost ad revenues for both. But, there's a time when you just have to face the music and get the dirty deed done. And I think IDG is just about there. Glen

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