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The publishing situation is so bleak, and the saddest part is that the higher the quality, the deeper the problems. Does anyone know how lwn [0] is doing? It's

The publishing situation is so bleak, and the saddest part is that the higher the quality, the deeper the problems. Does anyone know how lwn [0] is doing? It's one of the latest very high profile publications remaining as of now. [0] https://lwn.net/ https://lwn.net/

mediocrejoker 9y ago
I just bought a LWN subscription for the first time ever in an attempt to prevent the same thing from happening to them.
gerdesj 9y ago
As a pretty long term subscriber, I get the impression that things are OK at the moment. JC and Co are probably not millionaires but it seems pretty comfortable at the present. They have had their moments in the past. A recent series of articles were about accounting software (ie getting away from proprietary software) which is the sort of navel gazing that wouldn't happen if things were bad. I'm not affiliated in any way but if you want to read the thoughts of some seriously clever people, then LWN is the place to go. Subscriptions start at $7 per month but if you can't manage that then you can read slightly older content for free. Remember this colour code: #ffcc99 - you'll need that to make it look right 8)
jrw 9y ago
I have paid for a LWN subscription for several years now for exactly that reason. The standard rate is $7/month, but you can also subscribe as a Starving Hacker for half price. LWN is a great source of Linux-related news and well-deserves your support. On the topic of Linux Journal, I can remember many years ago when I bought a subscription of 100 issues for $100.
Bromskloss 9y ago
We need to start making lots of money so that we can pay a lot of money for these things that we like.
tannhaeuser 9y ago
> The publishing situation is so bleak ... And yet we cheer at every progress made in Web technology.
- jasonkostempski 9y ago
  If web standards had prevented the tracking abilities advertisers currently have, i think there would have been plenty of money still in paper based ads because they wouldn't be any "worse" than web page ads. Things seem to be slowly moving towards preventing some of it without users having to be proactive about it. That's progress I can cheer for.
billpollock 9y ago
This is sad news. Years ago we developed a Linux Journal Press imprint but it didn't really go very far. Many great authors have written for Linux Journal and I've enjoyed many excellent articles over the years.

mediocrejoker 9y ago

I just bought a LWN subscription for the first time ever in an attempt to prevent the same thing from happening to them.

gerdesj 9y ago

As a pretty long term subscriber, I get the impression that things are OK at the moment. JC and Co are probably not millionaires but it seems pretty comfortable at the present. They have had their moments in the past. A recent series of articles were about accounting software (ie getting away from proprietary software) which is the sort of navel gazing that wouldn't happen if things were bad. I'm not affiliated in any way but if you want to read the thoughts of some seriously clever people, then LWN is the place to go. Subscriptions start at $7 per month but if you can't manage that then you can read slightly older content for free. Remember this colour code: #ffcc99 - you'll need that to make it look right 8)

jrw 9y ago

I have paid for a LWN subscription for several years now for exactly that reason. The standard rate is $7/month, but you can also subscribe as a Starving Hacker for half price. LWN is a great source of Linux-related news and well-deserves your support. On the topic of Linux Journal, I can remember many years ago when I bought a subscription of 100 issues for $100.

Bromskloss 9y ago

We need to start making lots of money so that we can pay a lot of money for these things that we like.

tannhaeuser 9y ago

> The publishing situation is so bleak ... And yet we cheer at every progress made in Web technology.

jasonkostempski 9y ago
If web standards had prevented the tracking abilities advertisers currently have, i think there would have been plenty of money still in paper based ads because they wouldn't be any "worse" than web page ads. Things seem to be slowly moving towards preventing some of it without users having to be proactive about it. That's progress I can cheer for.

billpollock 9y ago

This is sad news. Years ago we developed a Linux Journal Press imprint but it didn't really go very far. Many great authors have written for Linux Journal and I've enjoyed many excellent articles over the years.