UnixWorld

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UnixWorld
editor-in-chiefDave Flack [1]
FounderDavid Coleman [2]
First issueMay 1984 (1984-05) [3]
Final issueDecember 1995 (1995-12) [4] [5]
Company McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Country United States
Based in Mountain View, CA
LanguageEnglish language
WebsiteHistorical: "www.unixworld.com" at the Wayback Machine (archived December 19, 1996)

UnixWorld (Unixworld: McGraw-Hill's magazine of open systems computing.) is a defunct magazine about Unix systems, published from May 1984 until December 1995. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. Begley Consulting-Who We Are, Dave Flack, Trade Press Consultant..For nine years prior to starting his company, he served as editor-in-chief of the McGraw-Hill Companies' UnixWorld and Open Computing magazines. Open Computing received numerous journalism awards including a Jesse H. Neal Award in 1996 from the American Business Press. It was named "Best Magazine, Electronic Data Processing and Telecommunications-Trade" by the Western Publications Association in 1995.
  2. Collaboration Technologies And Change Management Consulting Firms Merge To Provide New Knowledge Management Service Offerings., Business Wire, 9 May 1996 - Free Online Library, David Coleman ... Mr. Coleman is founder of several industry publications, including (UNIXWorld Magazine...
  3. "UNIX/world", Unix World, Tech Valley Pub, 1984, ISSN   0739-5922 , published in Mountain View, CA; Tech Valley Publishing, v. 1, no. 4-; v. for <Aug. 1992-> published by McGraw-Hill, Inc. in San Mateo, CA.
  4. Bibliography of publications in the UnixWorld Open Computing Magazines, Abstract: This is a bibliography of publications in Unix/World, UnixWorld Magazine: Open Systems Computing (1991–1993), UnixWorld: McGraw-Hill's Magazine of Open Computing, and UnixWorld's Open Computing (1994–1995). The latter ceased publication with the December 1995 issue.
  5. Trademark: UNIXWORLD'S OPEN COMPUTING - The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. New York, NY - Serial Number: 74397651, Status/Status Date: ABANDONED-FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE June 27, 1994
  6. Blast from the Past: 1993 Unix World Magazine Cover, Erica Sadun, April 16, 2007, Engadget
  7. Interesting Ads and Articles from UnixWorld Magazine, May 12, 2013 Bill Bradford
  8. "FTP archive directory /Documents/Published/Unix-world/".
  9. In Terms Of Endearment, Nerd's The Word, November 7, 1993, Barry Shlachter, New York Times, It turned into a hot debate at UnixWorld, a computer business magazine, when some staff members objected to the frequent use of the word "nerd", managing editor David Diamond said. "So we had to take a strong look at ourselves."