I got around to reading this month's (although it say "November") Dr. Dobbs Journal (which I keep getting although I have never subscribed to it).
On page 14, they have a couple of news items under "open Source Grant Money Available". They mention Mozilla's bug bounty, and two Python programs. I guess they must have forgotten about Perl grants. They aren't exactly new, but maybe they only talk to Eric Raymond for their news.
Perhaps it's a bonus because you wrote a few articles for them, a few years ago.[...] Dr. Dobbs Journal (which I keep getting although I have never subscribed to it)
Re:Free subscription?
jhorwitz on 2004-10-20T14:11:27
I also started getting DDJ, about three months ago. No subscription. I also just got a SysAdmin yesterday, which *might* be part of my USENIX/SAGE membership, but I don't remember reading anything about that. Very strange.
Even if the advertisers are almost exclusively for
Perhaps you could get an apology from the DDJ editors - they managed to eventually remember perl existed for the jobs article I am sure they can be persuaded to remember perl again now - I am sure they owe us a decent edition that skips the usual Java and
I have to admit that I don't even bother buying it these days for several reasons :
1) The 'security' series of articles is no better than I can get online for free, and usually of a lower over-simplified standard.
2) No more computer science and algorithms, instead we have that idiot from Byte talking about his latest Wintel PC and what books he likes.
3) No perl, well ok.. 1 small ammount of perl in an occasional article, but you have to download the source code to the article to actually see it.
4) Far too many advertorials for new products or libraries in Java and
DDJ isn't about programming anymore and I don't buy it anymore
Re:DDJ tends to pretend that perl doesn't exist
brian_d_foy on 2004-10-20T16:43:46
I'm not sure what goes on behind the scenes, but I'm pretty sure they know Perl exists. They even have a part of their web site devoted to it (athough I hear they cut the funding).
If they had just mentioned Mozilla, I would have thought nothing of it. But they mentioned Python (twice!). It seems they could have filled out the article a bit with a couple sentences about Perl.:) Re:DDJ tends to pretend that perl doesn't exist
TeeJay on 2004-10-20T18:00:24
They don't have a perl section, they have an archive of perl articles, mostly from other sources, that hasn't been updated or added to for as long as I can remember. unlike say.. python-url which they do weekly.DDJ really needs a kick up the arse, if they wan't to be MSDN fine, I just hope another publisher will provide a decent mix of CS, Algorithms, low level and high level programming articles.
Even at its best DDJ is hit and miss when it comes to decent articles
If there was a magazine that mixed algorithm/CS with what I could get from the C++ journal, onlamp style articles but for C and TPR/TPJ/LJ I would shell out the 4 GBP they cost, but its not worth paying 4GBP when the articles are mostly irrelevent.
Re:DDJ tends to pretend that perl doesn't exist
sth_2 on 2004-10-21T19:36:28
I had a subscription for a year, but I cancelled it. They picked me to fill out this survey, on a 3.5 floppy. So I filled out. I wrote that I was cancelling the subscription because I found 1 out 3 issues somewhat useful/interesting. I indicated that if I was a visual.net c# vb java programmer (something like that), I would keep the subscription. I also added that the fact that I am taking this survey on a windows box, because that is the only thing it will run on is more fuel for the fire. I did get an email for a free subscription and accepted it, for free I'll take it. I'll save my money for TPR, TPJ, Daemon News, ...etc. It is funny how you get the free magazines without signing up for them. At one time I was getting INC, now I get Wired, Fast Company, Parenting. I never signed up for any of those.
Re:DDJ tends to pretend that perl doesn't exist
brian_d_foy on 2004-10-21T20:11:34
As I'm learning in a the magazine biz, free subscriptions are a way to get ad dollars. It's how many people get the magazine, not how many people pay for it.Re:DDJ tends to pretend that perl doesn't exist
sth_2 on 2004-10-21T21:00:02
I figured that was the case, with Soooooo many free magazines out there.
Well as far as TPR is concerned I am very happy to pay for it. Getting the first printed issue in the mail was awesome, I really missed the printed TPJ.
Not the supplements, the original ones. I look forward to many more.
Re:well, most perl people don't know
brian_d_foy on 2004-10-20T16:57:04
I would expect more because they are writing a bit on Open Source grants and Google exists.:) Re:well, most perl people don't know
hfb on 2004-10-21T05:05:25
Google doesn't magically pull stuff out of its arse. I tried several different keyword searches and TPF was nowhere in the top 5 pages. People shouldn't be expected to beat a path to your door.Re:well, most perl people don't know
brian_d_foy on 2004-10-21T05:25:57
Well, perl grant worked for me. If I was looking for Perl grants, that's what I would search.
