New Open Source Magazine Launches

Raven Zachary writes "A new open source magazine has launched. Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) covers open source issues in the enterprise. The magazine is freely available to all digitally, using a Flash-based in-browser reader, and print subscriptions are free to US subscribers. Some of the article contributors for the first issue include Brian Behlendorf, Marc Fleury, John Koenig and Bernard Golden, among others."

Flash?

[St. Vitus]

An Open-Source magazine with a Flash reader...greeeaaat. Three guesses as to what the majority of the letters to the editor will be about...

Re:Flash?

[Nasarius]

Argh. Even for Flash, that's a horrible interface.

This would be like...

[mrighi]

This would be like marketing Cochlear implants to people who are deaf on audio cassettes!

freesoftwaremagazine...

[rekrutacja]

...is avalaible in plain html _and_ .pdf.

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/ [freesoftwaremagazine.com]

Re:Flash?

[grotgrot]

These fuckers also added me to their mailing list. No I didn't sign up for it, nor did I confirm in any way. And SpamAssassin didn't catch it until the bayesian stuff learnt to treat their crap with the respect it deserves.

How much insight?

[chris_mahan]

How much insight will I get from reading this outstandingly-titled rag that I can't get from the bogosphere/slashdot/mailinglists?

Ah yes, the puzzled look on my phb's face as he scans the mag.

On the other hand, I get to see that look often enough as it is...

I don't like that Flash PDF reader and no PDF yet!

[rklrkl]

I really don't like that Flash PDF reader and it's quite poor of an "Open Source" mag to use a closed source reader ! As for where the original PDF is, if you trace through the connections using Firefox and Live HTTP Headers, it turns out that the repository should be there (there's a URL in the XML) but it isn't yet! If it does turn up, it'll be at this address [olivesoftware.com] for the first issue (at the moment, it just redirects to a not found PDF) - you'd need to adjust the date part of the URL to get to later issues.

First question

[artifex2004]

You won't be hiring Maureen O'Gara [g2news.com], right? Hope not. [groklaw.net]

WTF

[Anonymous Coward]

Saving the magazine

Instructions
When all the pages are downloaded, the standard Internet Explorer's dialog "Add Favorite" appears.

You have to check the checkbox "Make available for offline" in this dialog. Also, you can change the default name of the magazine and place the bookmark in any folder you want.
Important
1. To read the magazine in offline mode you have to switch your browser to the offlinemode (Menu: File -> Work Offline).

2. If you clear the browser cache, you can not read the saved magazine.

Re:WTF

[Phantombantam]

What is an open source magazine talking about IE for? Also, the magazine is not much of a page turner.

Another online mag: Tux Magazine

[esavard]

You can get also Tux Magazine [tuxmagazine.com] free in electronic format... not in flash but PDF form shipped directly to your email box!