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Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community
Subject:Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community From:cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:43:44 -0600
Hi,
I do my posting from the web site, so I think I've seen what you describe
as intellectual property: the magazine, employment site, and newsletter.
Is that what you meant?
And the ad space is what I wondered about in my first post--why is it
needed?
--Chris
> Chris,
>
> Take a good look at www.techwr-l.com (you'll be redirected) and see
> what's at stake here. It's more than just a mailing list. There's a
> ton of intellectual property there, as well as ad space and other
> stuff.
>
> If someone wants to control all that, more power to them. 99.9% of my
> techwr-l time is spent in e-mail, and if that's all that remains, I
> won't be too bummed.
>
> But there is definitely a lot of good stuff on the site.
>
> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:26:38 -0600, cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us
> <cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us> wrote:
> > Would Eric or someone please give us a general idea as to what it should
> > cost to run techwr-l? I'm confused as to why sponsors and the like are
> > required when it appears to be a low-bandwidth operation. But then I don't
> > know how much time is required to manage the list or how much storage is
> > required for archival.
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