Windows Sources
{{Short description|Defunct computer periodical}}
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Windows Sources was a magazine by ZDNet. It focused on product reviews rather than 'how to,' and it lasted from 1993{{cite news |title=Windows sources|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/915928795|accessdate=July 20, 2020 |work=WorldCat|oclc=915928795}} –
c. 2001.{{cite web
|url=https://blog.strom.com/wp/?p=4530
|author=David Strom |date=June 2, 1999
|title=Windows Sources: 3 eCommerce Suites Reviewed (1999)
|quote=The departed Windows Sources magazine from the original Ziff empire was a fun...}}
In 1997 Ziff-Davis Inc. appointed Frank Quigley as the publisher of the magazine.{{cite news|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ziff-davis-names-new-publisher-of-windows-sources-magazine-75735757.html|title=Ziff-Davis Names New Publisher of Windows Sources Magazine|date=30 May 1997|work=PR Newswire|accessdate=26 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306082021/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ziff-davis-names-new-publisher-of-windows-sources-magazine-75735757.html|archive-date=March 6, 2016}} The magazine was later renamed Windows Pro.{{cite web|title=Windows Sources|url=http://strom.com/pubwork/winsources.html|work=Strom|accessdate=26 December 2015}} The headquarters was in New York City. Patrick Norton ran the hardware reviews section. Carlos Carrillo was the Assistant Editor and ran the shareware reviews section.
History
In 1993, the same year that Windows Sources began, its parent company, Ziff-Davis also acquired a pair of magazines: one focused on
"on computer video games" and the other "directed at parents of children who are computer users."{{cite news
|newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/18/business/ziff-davis-acquisition.html
|title=Ziff-Davis Acquisition |date=August 18, 1993}} Neither of these nor Windows Sources were among Ziff Davis
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/09/business/for-a-ziff-sale-spit-and-polish-and-good-timing.html
|title=For a Ziff Sale, Spit and Polish and Good Timing
|author=Geraldine Fabrikant |date=September 9, 1994}}
In 1996, when Ziff made available online "11,000 reviews from the last 18 months of Ziff-Davis magazines"{{cite news
|newspaper=Advertising Age
|url=https://adage.com/article/news/ziff-s-computer-shopper-bow-web-netbuyer/203
|title=Ziff's 'Computer Shopper' To Bow On Web With Netbuyer
|date=September 9, 1996}} Windows Sources was one of the top 3 in what was searchable. In 1997 they published "Microsoft Word 97 for Windows Superguide."{{cite book |isbn=978-1-5627-6503-3
|title=Microsoft Word 97 for Windows Superguide |year=1996 |publisher=Ziff Davis}}