As a Redbooks author I'll take a percentage. :-) TGIF. :-) Cheers, Martin
Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Shane Ginnane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 17/04/2015 14:00 Subject: Re: Ads in Redbookd. Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:32:52 -0300, Clark Morris wrote: >Given what we pay for Redbooks, I can understand IBM wanting some kind >of revenue stream and find print ads easy to ignore. And how long before we have "sponsored" authors - if you can't bring some bucks, you aren't welcome (F1 drivers come to mind). Then what - product placement in the body of the text ?. If the redbooks lose their balanced technical reputation, it's all down-hill. That'll cost IBM much more than they might make out of it. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
