John,

>Doug
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>Maybe paper mags "in general" are on the way out. Paper + postage is an expensive way to go when you can subscribe to online stuff for effectively free. Software manuals are mostly electronic now- I recall those lovely manuals up to and including FP2.6, about 12" worth of crisp fun... these days the software still costs much the same but the box weighs about 1/10th. And these days with VFP you get a skimpy pamphlet about VFP and lots of ads for other "proper" Microsoft Products... I've kept what came in a copy of VFP I bought late last year in case anybody wants to argue that MS really tries to promote VFP.
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>Regards
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>JR

I saw a PBS (Public Broadcasting System) show on a company in the San Francisco bay area that still made books the old fashioned way. Offset press, sewn bindings, leather covers, etc. They specialized in things like large print versions of the Bible and other books that lent themselves to this kind of attention. Typically took months to make a book and they'd sell sometimes for upwards of US$60,000 each. All sold out.

While I tend to agree that paper magazines have the potential of disappearing I'd think that it won't happen any time soon. Why? Well, there's been a discussion about the number of FoxPro developers guaged by the online numbers. I tend to think that there are more than just the online numbers indicate. Equally so I'd think that there are more folks who will read a paper magazine rather than the electronic version.

Why? Habit, comfort, things like that. I do think however that there will be an eroding of the numbers of paper-based magazines starting with those that the marketplace deems of less value. Who they will be I couldn't tell.