Started tossing all my subscriptions when the articles started getting to be repetitive and merely odes to advertisers’ products.
I mean, you can rework “Ten secret ways to speed up disk access” only so many times, or hyped articles like “Give your PC an instant speed boost!” interspersed with ads from memory makers and disk defragers. Real leading edge/bleeding edge technical content disappeared a long time ago. John M. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Evans Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro I, too, have been a subscriber for many years. Maybe not 1996, but late 90's early 2000's when it was still called Windows NT Magazine. Every issue used to be full of good articles, full of technical details. They also had several associated publications (on scripting, exchange, and others) that I learned a lot from. Unfortunately, the associated publications got cancelled one by one and finally the print magazine itself. I understand and have no problem with getting away from dead tree publishing – my gripe is that each change along the way has reduced the technical content provided. When I started there were easily 10 articles, several columns (I love Mark Minasi's) and tips from users. The April issue of the digital magazine 11 "articles", only 3 or 4 full length articles, the rest are columns (including Minasi's) and a featured product quickie. I signed up as VIP when they first offered that option and it was nice because I got a DVD with all their articles back to the beginning and access to other content on the website. Now, I don't see what I get for it. I get a VIP email from you ever so often, but that seems to only include links to things that have been in previous emails or on Twitter. …Tim From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rod Trent Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:49 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro Would love to hear your feedback on the “gone down hill a lot lately” comment. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Evans Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:33 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro They used to be really great, but it has gone down hill a lot lately. Even with a VIP membership, I get more offers to buy stuff than I do of technical content. …Tim From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Robbins Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:29 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro I suppose my next question is what about access to past content? Kind of irksome, and sad. I've had a subscription since ~1996. - WJR 🙈🙉🙊 On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Cain, Steven <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I got the same email myself about 45 minutes ago, no explanation given. I guess they weren’t getting enough digital subscriptions to continue. Steve Cain Sr. System Administrator From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of William Robbins Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:55 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro So I just got a rather disturbing email that WinIT Pro is no longer publishing digital (and already ceased dead tree) content. Anyone happen to know what happened/why? - WJR 🙈🙉🙊
