BLTJ special UNIX issue (help: ordering info if outside US)
Ian Kaplan
ian at loral.UUCP
Wed Nov 28 04:57:52 AEST 1984
>
> The blurb in the front of the Journal makes it look like they want payment
> in US funds, or a check drawn on a US Bank, and made out to the Technical
> Journal. Unfortunately, they don't say how much they want for the issue,
> so you may have to exchange a couple of letters. Since a full year (ten
> issues) costs $35 ($45 foreign), a single issue shouldn't cost too much.
>
> John P. Linderman Department of Foreign Affairs allegra!jpl
A number of years ago I ordered the original BLTJ issue on UNIX. As I
remember the cost was relatively nominal ($5 or something like that).
Given this past experience I assumed that Mr. Linderman was correct in
stating that "a single issue shouldn't cost too much. Well I called
the number listed in the previous posting which gave the BLTJ table
of contents. To my shocked amazement and surprise I was told that the
new issue of the BLTJ on UNIX was $27. I gave the "select number" in an
attempt to make sure that we were talking about the same thing. It seems
that we were. I asked if that price was not perhaps for a year's
subscription. I was told that "no, it is the single issue price". Well
at least they take major credit cards. Deregulation sure is saving the
consumers a lot of money (I better not proceed in this vein or I will
have to post this to net.flame).
Ian Kaplan
Loral Data Flow Group
Loral Instrumentation
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8401 Aero Dr.
San Diego, CA
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(619) 560-5888 x4812
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