Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 20:25:18 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Francisco Reyes" <reyesf@newsguy.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O'Reilly still supporting FSF exclusively Message-ID: <199807270225.UAA12219@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199807270114.SAA17889@newsguy.com>
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At 09:14 PM 7/26/98 -0400, Francisco Reyes wrote: >Even if O'Reilly has in >the past said something negative about FreeBSD I doubt they are >actively attacking it since they are probably busier trying to get >maindshare against windows. Nope. They make plenty of money off of Windows and NT books. Probably considerably more than they make even from their Linux books. O'Reilly's strategy is to pick one "winner" in each category and then attempt to promote that entity's success at the expense of the others. They've picked Linux in the Open Source OS category, and have been turning down book proposals related to FreeBSD (I know several authors who have made such proposals). When one asks why, they make excuses. --Brett P.S. -- I'm not sure whether you copied your message to me to the list. If you didn't, forgive me for reproducing a small section of it in my reply, which I *have* posted to the list.... I think it's important point to address. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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