From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jan 22 08:21:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA24290 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:21:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from psiint.com (vv.psiint.com [204.189.53.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA24275 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:21:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by psiint.com (8.6.12/4.03) id IAA51762; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:21:36 -0800 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:21:36 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What printed documentation do we need? In-Reply-To: <199601220643.AAA03966@argus.flash.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, mailing list account wrote: > It would be a good idea to get some of this stuff [that isn't already covered > in the BSD Bibles, the URM, USD, SMM, PRM, and PSD [ISBN 1-56592-082-1]] in a > book for publication. One of the reason for Linux's MARKET success is that > reference books are readily available, right down to 'Dummies Guide' type > books. > > I'm just getting tired of walking into better bookstores and finding almost > nothing but SysV and Linux crap in the unix section, Only once in the past > countless years have I seen a book SPECIFICLY geared to BSD. Hell, you even > have to special order the 4.4BSD manuals, and wait a few weeks... > > These bookstores make BSD the best kept secret in the industry! This is a really good point. Has anyone approached O'Reilly about doing a book on FreeBSD? My roommate just bought the new second edition of their System Administration book, and it discusses Linux but not FreeBSD. Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================