The Perl Journal Returns

thelenm writes "Fans of The Perl Journal will remember that it was bought by SysAdmin Magazine and recently ceased to exist altogether. Well, it's coming back as a monthly e-zine, which you can subscribe to for $1/month. With their new business model, they need at least 3,000 subscribers to go ahead with publication. The first issue is due out November 1, so subscribe now!"

Thread on use.perl.org

[mshiltonj]

Don't miss the discussion of this topic on use Perl: http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/12/026254 &mode=flat&tid=9 [perl.org]

Business Plan:

[Anonymous Coward]

1) Invent a language that uses only the keys on the top row of the keyboard, so I can save the rest of the keyboard for writing a magazine about said language
2) Cry when magazine bombs, has to move in with SysAdmin friend and sleep on hi couch, and is kicked out by former friend a few months later.
3) Be homeless !
4) ?????
5) Beg for $1 downloads on slashdot between posting messages sneering at the RIAA for asking for $1 downloads of songs . . . oh, wait . . .
6) PROFIT !!!!!!!

Re:Business Plan:

[jonadab]

> Invent a language that uses only the keys on the top row of
> the keyboard

Huh? I thought the point of Perl was to use all the keys on the
keyboard, so that none of them would get worn out faster than the
others. Sure, it uses toprow keys, but it uses all the others too.

I guess it's time to buy a Zaurus

[kelleher]

TPJ was great bathroom reading material. To get the same enjoyment from the PDF version I now have an excuse to buy a Zaurus!

It's worth $1 per month to me

[Bravo_Two_Zero]

I'd humbly offer that the content is well worth $1 per month to me. I know there are tons of books and open resources for Perl (I've used or bought most of them, I think). But, the articles always seemed to go quite deep into the subject with plenty of examples. And, the range of topics is great. Here's at least one vote for $1 per month. 2999 left to go.

Re:It's worth $1 per month to me

[pizza_milkshake]

i'm in. 2998 left.

From the look of this thread...

[BumbaCLot]

...they will be hard-pressed to find 3000 people willing to give them a penny.