I apologize, I'm going off topic.
If the slackers who write for the rag can make a buck, let them. Do you REALLY put any stock in what you read in PRINT?
Actually, I put a lot of stock in what I read in print, and I put much greater stock in what I read in print than anything I read on the Internet, mailing lists being one of them. I mean, gee, IEEE, ACM and numerous other scientific magazines and journals of various subjects are all print based. The newspaper one reads usually every day (not counting the tabloids ;-) is print based. Are you saying you don't put a whole lot of stock into them because they are in print? I bet college professors and reporters adore you - their integrity is on the line every time they write an article. Not having read the article in the Linux magazine, I'm fairly sure the person who wrote the article about RIP is being laughed at by many communities outside of NANOG, and his integrity is shot. Rachel -- If I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails.