in reply to TPJ future in question

As an update to this, the idea of buying TPJ from Earthweb is being passed around in the chi-pm (Chicago Perl Mongers) newsgroup. Although it is clear that the combined resources of the Perl Community could afford to purchase TPJ, it is not certain whether it is for sale at this point. My question is this: if the Perl Community did support the purchase from Earthweb, who would manage it? How would it be profitable for Community investors when Earthweb cannot seem to make money with it?

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Re: Re: TPJ future in question
by adamsj (Hermit) on Feb 05, 2001 at 04:11 UTC
    It's possible that some of the expenses could be reduced--office space, salaries, other overhead. I don't know the budget of TPJ, but it's often (though not always) possible to do things more cheaply when an effort is volunteer.

    The newspaper I used to edit runs a loss now, but it's a labor of (love|ego) and people kick in to keep it going.

    adamsj

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