Re: Leading Edge or Just Paid Ads?

From: viking@mbox.vol.it
Date: Fri Nov 08 1996 - 20:34:34 EET


Yakov Horenstein wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Yakov Horenstein Tel: +39 2 65 35 12
> Milano, Italy Fax: +39 2 2900 6208

Well done Yalov!



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