In <Pine.3.89.9606071356.A16480-0100000@netcom21> [log in to unmask] writes:
 
> On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Ken Sletten b894 c332 x62525 wrote:
> > Has anyone else noticed that as HP Professional has
> > become more and more of a UNIX publication, it keeps
> > getting smaller and smaller ??   Hmmmm....  I wonder if
> > there is a larger message there.....   Anyway, statistics
> > (small sample, I'll admit):
> >
> > April 96 HP Pro:   56 numbered pages.
> > May 96 HP Pro:   48 numbered pages.
>
> Size of publication is directly related to the amount of advertising
> that can be sold.  It is not driven by the number of worthwhile
> stories that can be written.  Keep that in mind when drawing your
> conclusions as suggested above.
 
True, but noone wants to advertise in a mag that noone reads. Once the mag
loses good technical content and people(customers) stop reading it, then
advertisers stop wanting to spend money running ads in it.
 
On a related note, I'd suspect you'll see the 3000 Newswire getting larger
as time goes by as more people start discovering where there still is good
technical and HP3000-related news items.
 
                    -Chris Bartram