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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:58:24 +0000 (GMT)
From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
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Subject: Re: 4.3 FreeBSD
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I am very happy to have mailing lists where stupid or intelligent
questions can be asked and silly discussions may be lead.

Uli.


On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Doug Young wrote:

> > Hey, that is BS.  There's ways to get promo copies of books,
> > and I was just down at Fry's the other day and I saw a whole stack
> of
> > O'Reilly books of various titles (Firewalling was one) in the
> clearance
> > rack for $14.95 per book.  Besides that, don't you have a library?
>
> Heaps of libraries but the only ones that have any O'Reilly books are
> the
> universities, and those copies are for reference only. The problem
> with
> anything originating in yankeeland is that the exchange rate of 48c in
> the $USD
> more than doubles the local price, then there is the margin expected
> by local
> bookshops to contend with. I'm getting some from a discount place in
> the US
> (probably end up costing about $A60 each). We did contact the promo
> department at O'Reilly some months back but haven't heard from them
> yet.
>
> > Checking the local county library here I see they have 1 copy of
> "FreeBSD
> > for dummies" and many of the O'Reilly titles.  You can suggest that
> your
> > local library purchase some titles and it sure wouldn't hurt to help
> them
> > out by volunteering some time.
> >
> Far too specialized for local authority libraries .... Apana is
> gradually acquiring
> O'Reilly books / CDs but because of the cost its a slow job.
>
>

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