From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 17 13:42:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz (unknown [203.96.92.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B992D15626 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:42:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker ([210.55.152.36]) by mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz (InterMail v04.00.02.07 201-227-108) with SMTP id <19990617204449.KFNA364447.mta2-rme@wocker> for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:44:49 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" Organization: The FreeBSD Diary To: Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:42:12 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: The complete FreeBSD Reply-To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz In-reply-to: <000401beb8ff$72254910$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to> References: <19990617201306.JXOQ364447.mta2-rme@wocker> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Message-Id: <19990617204449.KFNA364447.mta2-rme@wocker> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 17 Jun 99, at 13:24, David Schwartz wrote: > > > 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. > > Oh, I disagree. You could easily cover the costs with advertising. When > was > the last time you paid for a Yellow Pages? Counter examples are also possible. -- 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