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by Anonymous User on Mon May 08, 2006 at 09:16:20 AM PDT

Well, I hope this is a positive step for you both, but that shakeup back in 2003 led me to cancel my subscription and I still don't plan on trying to restart it. Best of Luck, David

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by Anonymous User on Mon May 08, 2006 at 11:18:34 AM PDT

Likewise here. In 2003 IW dropped nearly everything I found useful, so I dropped them. And yet, years later, after cancelling, refusing to renew, etc., they *still* send me the darn magazine. Since it's their dime, I don't worry too much about it. I hope this works out well for you, Ed. Dealing with IW and their websites has left a sour taste in my mouth, and I don't want to see that relationship bring down the quality of what you have going here.

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InfoWorld Shake-Up[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#13)
by Anonymous User on Tue May 09, 2006 at 11:12:14 AM PDT

Ha! I wondered if there were others like me. I always enjoyed your Gripe Line articles, but was so upset with the InfoWorld shake-up a couple of years ago, that I kept calling to insist they stop sending me the regular mailing. Most of the features I liked about IW were removed - so I cancelled - but kept my subscription to your Gripe Line. Thanks for the great work, Ed!

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Me Too[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#32)
by NorthFork on Fri May 12, 2006 at 09:32:44 AM PDT

Ha! I also dropped infoworld when they dropped you.

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by Anonymous User on Tue May 16, 2006 at 11:25:57 AM PDT

When Infoworld dropped all their better (in my opinion) writers, including Ed, I let my subscription lapse.  What I did was sign up for the email versions that many of those writers put out.

Then InfoWorld started crimping down on what each writer emailed out, with links to finish the story on their website.  There, not only do I rack up "internet time" at work, I get bombarded with advertising from InfoWorld.

Personally, I'm about to drop all of the emails I get from InfoWorld because of this.  If the cancellation process let me tell them exactly why their mis-management of their writers led me to cancel, I would have already.

Maybe a InfoWorld Gripe entry would help.

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