Whats all the fuss? Its not as if the article I read contained any secrets.
Here's the last paragraph I read ... maybe Im late to the thrash party but
whats the biggie here ......
About the Author
Patrick Steil is president and chief technology officer of Infrastructure
Inc., a Texas-based software development company. As cochairman of the DFW
ColdFusion User Group, he's very involved with the ColdFusion development
community. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Was this added AFTER the complaints? Guess Im missing it.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: arguments **against** fusebox
> .... and I've sent a copy out of fairness to the author...
> Mr. Patrick Steil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> article in question:
> http://www.sys-con.com/coldfusion/archives/0211/steil/index.html.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hal Helms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:17 PM
> Subject: RE: arguments **against** fusebox
>
>
> > What would be REALLY helpful is to let CFDJ know how you all feel. Alan
is
> > right--there's no conspiracy going on; just a desire to fill pages. What
> > they did isn't defensible, but the only way they'll know is if people
let
> > them know what they like and what they don't like. Honestly, you'd be
> > shocked how much of an impact even a single email has. I'll make it even
> > easier: the email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seriously, the only outside
> feedback
> > they get is from people who care enough to email them and it is taken
very
> > seriously. (In fact, you could even put in a plug for your favorite
> > col...;-)
> >
> > Hal Helms
> > == See www.ColdFusionTraining.com for info on "Best Practices with
> > ColdFusion & Fusebox" training, Jan 22-25 ==
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Benjamin S. Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:59 PM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: RE: arguments **against** fusebox
> >
> >
> > I read that article a few weeks ago and didn't realize that the writer
had
> > an interest in the product that got the most favorable reviews. I
> > subsequently went and signed up for the trial.
> >
> > Now that I've read this thread, I would have to agree, as a reader who
has
> > been deceived by CFDJ and Infrastructure Inc., I would have to agree
that
> > their practices are very questionable.
> >
> > Benjamin S. Rogers
> > Web Developer, c4.net
> > voice: (508) 240-0051
> > fax: (508) 240-0057
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:59 AM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: RE: arguments **against** fusebox
> >
> >
> > Okay, I've written for CFDJ, and plan to do so in the future, but I also
> > have a long history in the publishing industry. Here is my slant on the
> > whole issue
> >
> >
> > CFDJ is but one of a family of publications put out by SYS-CON
publishing.
> > The actual page assembly itself is done by folks who apparently work on
> > Macs, using QuarkXPress. This isn't bad a'tall, actually its great from
an
> > electronic pre-press standpoint. BuTtTtTt, do remember, their primary
> > business is SELLING ADVERTISING and SELLING SUBSCRIPTIONS. That's where
> the
> > rubber meets the road.
> >
> > Now, you cannot sell advertising unless you have readers. You cannot
> attract
> > readers unless you have articles to for the readers to read. Their
entire
> > biosphere consists of subscribers and advertisers, with money being the
> > oxygen that drives the whole thing. Articles are what they need to pry
> money
> > out of reader's pockets. Lots of articles. Ask somebody who writes on a
> > regular basis, such as Hal, and I'm sure he'll tell you it takes a lotta
> > time to write a good article, and you come nowhere near recovering your
> > expenses on what you receive as payment.
> >
> > As a magazine editor, you need, desperately need, new articles for each
> > issue, and not just new articles, but new articles on whatever the 'hot'
> > topic of the month is. Therefore, if somebody totally unfamiliar to the
> > Fusebox ship of fools does a lame-o review of the Fusebox Methodology
> book,
> > as far as the editor is concerned, that's another page of print taken
care
> > of.
> >
> > CFDJ is not a million-subscriber publication that is gonna have a staff
of
> > editorial reviewers. There are -not- going to be investigative phone
> calls,
> > gumshoe detective work, or down-in-the-trenches street journalism work
> being
> > done. Its gonna be a "Here's an article. Is it ok? Good! Print it!"
> > operation.
> >
> > I don't say that as a slam against CFDJ, cuz' if I was operating the
place
> > it would probably be the same.
> >
> > So what to do? Use this to your advantage!
> >
> > Fuseboxers, unite and start writing a slew of articles! Create code
snips
> > that are Fuseboxed! Write reviews of products and describe how they
> > integrate into Fusebox! Basically, let's turn CFDJ into FBDJ!
> >
> >
> > Alan McCollough
> > Web Programmer
> > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> > Alaska Native Medical Center
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 2:23 PM
> > > To: Fusebox
> > > Subject: Re: arguments **against** fusebox
> > >
> > > I can't bite my tongue any longer. CFDJ has for several months been
> > > pushing
> > > the limits when it comes to journalism ethics. Having the a writer
who's
> > > financially invested in one of several products he's reviewing is
highly
> > > questionable and at least just looks really bad, now matter how well
> it's
> > > done. Then to throw in a FREE methodology into a comparison of NOT
FREE
> > > products, slam it on false facts, is all together incredible.
> > >
> > > Just my two cents.
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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