From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 7 21:36:20 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA05978 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:36:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from goodall1.u.washington.edu (goodall1.u.washington.edu [140.142.12.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA05973 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:36:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from durang@u.washington.edu) Received: from localhost (durang@localhost) by goodall1.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id VAA148088; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:35:36 -0800 Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:35:36 -0800 (PST) From: "K. Marsh" To: Dave Walton cc: Greg Lehey , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Complete FreeBSD, 3rd edition (was: Printed man pages (was: Looking for the best webmaster.)) In-Reply-To: <19990108033021.16814.qmail@modgud.nordicdms.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Dave Walton wrote: > I really think a limited section of the most crucial man pages is the > way to go. If it was a separate book, it would be harder to resist > "creeping pages" and it would be harder to keep in print due to > lower demand. It wouldn't be hard to sell man-page books if they were sold with "Installing and Running" and the CD as a set. I don't know how that works as far as publi$hing goes, though. Does that double production costs? If the extra jacket increases the price of the set more than 10%, then I'm with Mr. Walton - only the most crucial. Kenneth J. Marsh University of Washington durang@u.washington.edu Chemical Engineering To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message