Advice Request on the C Users Group

[Rick Farris]

In article <840 at viscous> brianm at sco.COM (Brian Moffet) writes:
>In article <572 at ardent.UUCP> worley at ardent.UUCP (John Worley) writes:
>>
>>    I recently received a letter from the "C Users Group" (CUG), offering
>>wonderful things if I would consent to join them.  Before I send away for
>>this, I would like any and all opinions on the outfit, especially concerning:
>
>I am interested in this information also please.  I recieved on of these
>yesterday (what a subjective term on the net!) and am curious.
>

I am a member of the C Users Group.  The C Users Group used to be a 
library of Public Domain 'C' software which they sell for ~$8/disk.

When the C Journal went under, they picked up their subscriber list and 
began publishing the "C Users Journal."  It's a pretty good rag.  It has
columns by P.J. Plauger, Rex Jaeshke, David Fiedler, and Kenneth Pugh. 
It is edited by Robert Ward, who wrote "Debugging C."  My only complaints
about the magazine have to do with it's production.  Their graphic artist
is not one, and the magazine is printed on paper so thin that the 
opposite side often bleeds through.  Also, the listings that they print
are often unreadable due to the tiny print, and the poor quality of 
reproduction, to say nothing of the fact that they (see comment on 
graphic artist) often find the need to print the listings as black on 
grey, or black on purple, which makes them even harder to read.

They provide a mail order source for most every book about C that was ever
written.  They are very small, and when you call you get *personal* 
service.  They sell the books at list price.

I don't really think you'll find much in the PD library that you won't be
able to find on a local bbs.  I think that much of their library traffic
comes from overseas.

I guess I'd give them an "A" for effort, and recommend a membership
just for the magazine subscription.  My flames about the magazine production
are, after all, a product of the "mom & pop" sort of outfit that they
run, and it makes them a pleasure to deal with in all other areas.

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