On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:31 PM, ed pastore<[email protected]> wrote: > Re: both responses from KPLUG geeks to Linux issue of ComputorEdge online: > > 1) ComputorEdge went online Jan. 2008 after 24 yrs. of hard copy. (It began > May 16, 1983 as The Byte Buyer.)
Wow, I didn't remember the all-online switch being that far back. > 2) No doubt the Linux issue last month was weak; however, Linux articles for > this issue were invited from Linux users . Had there been contributions > from, e.g., members of KPLUG, users of the MS monopoly who read the > ComputorEdge may have leaned what a treasure Linux is - and tried it. In general I get so little use out of ComputorEdge that I don't tend to read it. If I'd known about the upcoming Linux issue before being notified that it was already out, I'd have been able to contribute. > 3) I was using an Apple 2e (1983) when I read about Linux in ComputorEdge > more than 10 years ago, and here I am now a dedicated Linux user and pusher. > See! The IIe was nice (I got mine, the Platinum model, in 1986). I wish I'd gotten into Linux before about 6 years ago, though... -- Brad Beyenhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://augmentedfourth.com Life would be so much easier if only (3/2)^12=(2/1)^7. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
