At 9:35 7-11-1996, Lone Peak Engineering, Inc. wrote:
>I just wanted to express some concerns over a recent "invitation" that Lone
>Peak recieved to sumit a
>technical paper to "Prototyping Technology International '97". The letter
>that was sent to me and the initial conversation (they called me) indicated
>that Prototyping Technology is "designed to review leading edge
>developments across the entire spectrum of product evolution and generative
>manufacturing."
>
>We were requested to submit "a suitable technical article". But, on the
>second go around, we were told that they would not run a technical article
>without a paid advertisement.
>
>You decide --- is it really a leading edge publication or simply a series
>of paid ads disguised as technical papers?
>
>Alair Griffin
>Lone Peak Engineering, Inc.
I was also contacted by these guys. Their sales pitch is very smooth.
Basically, they want you to write an article for free *and* pay for
advertising in their journal. They've got some nerve! I threw their fancy
handout into the trash.
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Yakov Horenstein Tel: +39 2 65 35 12
Milano, Italy Fax: +39 2 2900 6208
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