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This is just my superficial impression of the last couple of years, without a systematical scrutiny of the content, but I've never had the impression that the quality of content declined at all.

In fact, the language of the translated material has gotten better. I remember reading those japanese-authored articles a while ago, and struggling to figure out what is the text (accompanying some pictures) trying to say. Wayne is doing a great job, in my opinion.

Catalog and book business is an important piece of the puzzle. How would we expect otherwise that the money necessary for a quality content will come?

Every quality magazine that I've seen lately (including the Japanese ones) put a large emphasis on advertising and other commercial ventures/partnerships. It's part of the business of staying alive. Nobody will forward the money out of love.

11-Apr-2006	#7
Attila Attila Soos Join Date: Jan-2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Country: USA Posts: 1,932	This is just my superficial impression of the last couple of years, without a systematical scrutiny of the content, but I've never had the impression that the quality of content declined at all. In fact, the language of the translated material has gotten better. I remember reading those japanese-authored articles a while ago, and struggling to figure out what is the text (accompanying some pictures) trying to say. Wayne is doing a great job, in my opinion. Catalog and book business is an important piece of the puzzle. How would we expect otherwise that the money necessary for a quality content will come? Every quality magazine that I've seen lately (including the Japanese ones) put a large emphasis on advertising and other commercial ventures/partnerships. It's part of the business of staying alive. Nobody will forward the money out of love.