Ken from Chicago wrote:
>
> "Pete Granzeau" <pgranzeau@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:nooau3hvdrvf99h37ek894qasjjfmi1b8b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:14:38 -0700, Larry Caldwell
> ><firstnamelastinitial@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > When I was a kid, I got most of my SF from magazines. Amazing,
> > > Fantastic, Galaxy, Worlds of If, Analog and F&SF provided some
> > > great stories, book reviews, editorials, a little fandom gossip,
> > > and of course, Asimov's science columns. I got busy for a few
> > > decades and had to slack off on my reading. Now I'm nearing
> > > retirement, and the magazines seem to have disappeared. Are
> > > there still any in publication? The old digest format seems to
> > > have vanished from the news stand.
> >
> > You might be interested in a couple of online magazines. Baen has
> > _Jim Baen's Universe_, a pro-quality online magazine, available, at
> > www.baens-universe.com. It's up to Volume II No. 5 currently, but
> > all the previous issues are available; it's bimonthly, Mike Resnick
> > claims responsibility for editing it, and you do pay for it--it's
> > downloadable, so you can read it on your e-reader of choice.
> > Another online magazine which seems to be continuing, is Helix at
> > www.helixsf.com. It's quarterly, has names I recognize on the
> > masthead (William Sanders and Lawrence Watt-Evans, for instance),
> > and is essentially begware (they give it to you free, and ask for
> > voluntary donations).
>
> You misspelled "shareware".
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware
In _current_ usage, "shareware" means one of the following: "If you
don't pay, after a certain period the software will stop working." "If
you don't pay, after the trial period functionality will be reduced to
that of the free version." "If you don't pay, it won't start."
--
Dan Goodman
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