Shawn Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Wirt made some great comments about the finances of Interex, and as a
>frequent contributor to the magazine I have noticed a few things over
>the years.  When I first started Interact was about 120 pages a month,
>now it's down to 64 this month from cover to cover.  I am constantly
>asked to trim down my columns and reviews and get rid of examples to
>keep it small.  I had my column pulled from InterexPress from an annoyed
>advertiser, and have other "edits" made to my text to appease other
>advertisers.  I read about a dozen different trade rags a month, and I
>don't see other columnists have this problem, and given what Wirt has
>said about what Interex is probably making, I can't believe one annoyed
>vendor can make such a difference to what Interex is willing to publish
>to be taken seriously.

Interesting comments, indeed.  At least, Interex does not EVER have to
worry about considering me an "annoyed vendor".  I am just a busy
*programmer* who tries his best at all hours of the day -- and night -- to
produce good material.

I am, of course, very pleased when reviewers have kind words about the
results of my efforts (I love to show such articles to my family).  But I
am equally thankful to people who point out my bugs (I show these things to
my kids as part of their training for life, but not to my mother or to my
wife).

For almost two decades now, I have had the pleasure of sponsoring
Interact's back cover, through good times and bad, without any regard
whatsoever to the editorial content of the magazine.  I intend to do so for
as long as Interex's advertising manager, Brian Hallin, believes it's OK.

As we say in Spanish, "no hay que confundir lo gordo con lo inflamado".


Back to computer programming, which is a *great* way to spend the rest of
the day (and night),


Alfredo