Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:10:30 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Dmitry <arkadia@odessa.net> Subject: Re: The complete FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990617201306.JXOQ364447.mta2-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906170922590.15576-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com> References: <19990617102112.SUIB404633.mta1-rme@wocker>
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On 17 Jun 99, at 9:28, Matt Behrens wrote: > [Moving this thread to -chat.] > > On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > > : On 17 Jun 99, at 8:37, Dmitry wrote: > > : > May be someone who has this book on CD put it on some webserver for > all : > FreeBSD community. I think that it'll help to train more > professional : > users and admins. I think it's rather good to allow this > book for free , : > because FreeBSD is free OS > > : Ummm, no. Books are quite different to software. How many free Linux : > books do you know of? > > Actually, there has recently been a few by O'Reilly (not Linux > books specifically) that are being released as "open source books". > DocBook: The Definitive Guide, I think, is one. Personally, I > think the idea of everyone working and improving on a book's source > doesn't make as much sense as software. However, it is a neat way > to go. The difference I referred to was cost not the writing method. It's very expensive to write a book. I think it would be nearly impossible to create free books. -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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