Digital subscription
I’ve drastically cut my monthly magazine purchases over the past year. First to go was SACM, primarily due to the fact that I have more information on most of their content before the latest issue hits the shelves. The Internet is to blame, of course. Time and Fortune arrive in the post box. Those subscriptions are really cheap enough not to bother cancelling them. Wired is a must-have. I enjoy Linux Magazine, but I consider the per issue price of ZAR 149 a bit extreme. A digital subscription to that publication is available, however. Considering twelve issues in PDF format costs only ZAR 275, and those issues are available on time and online, there’s no reason not to try.
The issues are available in PDF format. It’s the identical content, including ads.
As with any PDF, it’s easy to read. What more can I say?
Regarding the monthly DVD included with the hardcopy, that’s not that big a deal. Generally, I have the ISO‘s for those installations I want to play with or use. Getting them off a local mirror is generally no big deal. The price is right, downloads are quick and this means not having to waiting on local bookstores getting copies on their shelves, generally a month or so behind schedule.
