Good point. IBM pays the expenses of those who attend these residencies to work on the Red Books... we're talking airfare, hotel, car, meals, etc... Not all of those who go to Poughkeepsie to work on the Red Books reside in the US, so the airfares can he huge. Some of these efforts takes several weeks or months, many people committing their time and expertise to the effort.
Do I like the fact that the ads are in there... NO, but if it helps offset the expense of creating one of these Red Books that provides us with additional insight into new technology and functionality, then we, the users, might need to be a little "forgiving" if a company places an ad in a technical publication. Should IBM limit the ads? I believe they should limit the ads placed in the Red Books, because as another person already stated, too many will detract from the benefit of the publications. Thank you, Linda J Carroll Senior Capacity Planner Acxiom Corporation EML [email protected] TEL +1 630.944.9018 MBL +1 678.777.8298 www.acxiomit.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Suhr Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Ads in Redbookd. Somebody's got to pay for these books. Are you? On Apr 16, 2015 11:51 PM, "Shane Ginnane" <[email protected]> wrote: > How long have we had ads (sorry, "Promotions") in Redbooks ?. > Just pulled the z13 Tech Intro Ed posted about - can't be that long > since I downloaded one, and I certainly don't recall included ads. > As bad as the bloody trailers on hired DVDs. > > <quote> > Imagine the power of being seen by users who download millions of > Redbooks publications each year! > <quote> > Hmmmm ... rather; imagine potentially pissing off all those users. > > Shane ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN *************************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. **************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
