<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 March 2015 at 21:59, Trupti Kini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kinitrupti@gmail.com" target="_blank">kinitrupti@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Chris Roberts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:croberts@croberts.org" target="_blank">croberts@croberts.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div>Published :)<br></div><span> </span><span></span><br><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div><div><div><span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></span><div> Hi,<br><br></div><div>Why Fedora magazines are not printed hard copy?<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There are a couple of reasons that come to mind. </div><div><br></div><div>First there are the cost factors. There are many costs involved in making printed copies available from everything from physical layout, printing, and distribution. Fedora is not an entity which can accept payment or has a budget that can print the magazine. Those costs are sort of 'unknowns' as you need to have experience in the publishing world to know what they might be locally (and then have to figure out how to deal with them globally). Without an idea of the costs then it is hard to look for the budget from Red Hat or other entities to make it happen.</div><div><br></div><div>Second there are the time factors. The magazine is made from volunteers who write articles and may have time to edit articles but putting together a formal newsletter takes a lot of time that many do not have to give. </div><div><br></div><div>Third experience. The ability to put together a published magazine and newsletter takes a lot of skills that most of the writers do not have. </div><div><br></div><div>While there has been some interest in making a published 'yearly' summary magazine, it has not had anyone with the gumption to take it beyond an 'hey wouldn't it be nice.'</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Stephen J Smoogen.<br><br></div></div>
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