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Old 10-01-2007, 08:41 PM   #1
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LXer: Linux Journal: How Not To Run A Business


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I have to wonder- where on Earth did Ms. Fairchild get the idea that alienating her customers is a good business practice? So what if she finds sexist, demeaning humor funny? It doesn't belong in Linux Journal. I paid my subscription money in good faith for many years, trusting to receive good Linux articles. If I want to read about blowjobs or read about how helpless and stupid women are, I don't expect to find it in Linux Journal. There are abundant sources for that elsewhere.

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Carla is right about this ad. Look at any PC/techie/gamer mag, the image on the front cover is always some scantily clad female model. Is this the image we are still portraying? That of the sweaty nerd who needs to look at pictures?
 
  


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