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c++ - Windows Developer Journal/Magazine status
A while ago I made a comment that CMP is notorous for taking a good publication and run it down for whatever reasons I don't understand at downunder - for example, BYTE and not WDJ/WDM. It appears the magazine is no longer in print version and the articles are really good quality stuff anymore. Does anyone know the real reasons behind them? Ron Burk was the chief editor before... May 02 2004
"Kar G Lim" <klim machealth.com.au> wrote in message news:c746qr$4mv$1 digitaldaemon.com...A while ago I made a comment that CMP is notorous for taking a good publication and run it down for whatever reasons I don't understand at downunder - for example, BYTE and not WDJ/WDM. May 02 2004
Simple: it wasn't selling enough. MSDN has the .NET world sewn up, CUJ has the C++ world sewn up, and DDJ has all the general-purpose stuff sewn up (and all the readers). It's particularly bad for me, since I had 8 articles and 15 Tech Tips in WDM in 2003. Maybe it was my fault ... ;( Matthew Wilson Contributing editor, C/C++ Users Journal (www.synesis.com.au/articles.html#columns) Director, Synesis Software (www.synesis.com.au) STLSoft moderator (http://www.stlsoft.org) ----------------------------------------------------- "Kar G Lim" <klim machealth.com.au> wrote in message news:c746qr$4mv$1 digitaldaemon.com...A while ago I made a comment that CMP is notorous for taking a good publication and run it down for whatever reasons I don't understand at downunder - for example, BYTE and not WDJ/WDM. It appears the magazine is no longer in print version and the articles are really good quality stuff anymore. Does anyone know the real reasons behind them? Ron Burk was the chief editor before... May 02 2004
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