El lun, 14-03-2011 a las 15:00 -0700, Josh Berkus escribió:
> On 3/10/11 2:53 PM, damien clochard wrote:
> > I think that would be great to have a print media to keep in touch with
> > this large user base, because these are the folks that will recommend
> > PostgreSQL to their clients, co-workers, directors, etc.
>
> Everything else being equal, this is a cool idea.
>
> However, the biggest issue for this is getting enough writers. We don't
> have that many people in our community who can write well, and those we
> do have, have multiple demands for writing on their time (I myself am
> backlogged a couple months for two publications).
>
> Realistically, we'd need to pay writers as well as the editor and the
> editor/translators. It is unclear on how we would do this initially;
> SPI has a precedent of not paying for people's time, and US, EU and JP
> only pay for things in their respective countries. Once we had regular
> publication, we could solicit donations from advertisers.
>
> I'd think that 3 to 4 issues per year would be sufficient.
>
> To sum up, the drawbacks to doing this are:
> a) would take writing time away from general publications which reach
> new users
> b) printing costs/waste
> c) unclear on how to pay for the first issue
> d) currently no volunteer as editor
In Cuba have got editor with experience in technical journals.
Block and payment issue?
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Saludos,
Gilberto Castillo
Edificio Beijing. Miramar Trade Center. Etecsa.
Miramar, La Habana.Cuba.
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