Specialized System Consultants (SSC), is a private media
company that publishes magazines and reference manuals. SSC properties include LinuxGazette.com, ITgarage.com, the monthly international print magazine ''
Linux Journal'', and the
webzine
An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to being online only was the computer maga ...
''
Tux Magazine''.
Controversy
In 1996, the Linux magazine, ''
Linux Gazette
''The Linux Gazette'' was a monthly self-published Linux computing webzine, published between July 1995 and June 2011. Its content was published under the Open Publication License.
History
It was started in July 1995 by John M. Fisk as a free ser ...
'', which was at the time managed by creator John M. Fisk, was transferred to SSC (under Phil Hughes) on the understanding that the publication would continue to be open, free and non-commercial.
Due to conflicts between SSC and ''Linux Gazette'' staff members, the magazine split into two competing groups which still remain separated.
Mass media companies of the United States
{{US-media-company-stub