Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:59:48 -0700 From: Jim Mock <jim@lust.geekhouse.net> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD Magazine (Advertiser Responses) Message-ID: <20001005115947.A43895@envy.geekhouse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010040924310.52998-100000@heorot.1nova.com>; from hamellr@heorot.1nova.com on Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 09:25:36AM %2B0000 References: <20001005095708.C3264@envy.geekhouse.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010040924310.52998-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
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On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 at 09:25:36 +0000, Rick Hamell wrote: > > > Any one know why it's been cancled then? :( This is like the 2nd > > > or third time this has happened. > > > > According to the people at IDG I talked to (I was doing the technical > > review), it was a matter of deadlines. I've been trying to get the > > editor working with Annelise to reply to me for a while now without luck > > (I would love to pick this up). > > Cool, cause that was exactly what I was thinking. This is too > valuable to let it drop. This needs to be done! In my opinion, little > else will give FreeBSD a better image then a good 'Dummies' book. :) I just talked to Greg Croy from IDG -- he was the editor handling FreeBSD for Dummies. He said that IDG doesn't have any interest in publishing FreeBSD for Dummies anymore because they don't have enough confidence the market is large enough to ensure it's success. In other words, their risk is too great :-( - jim -- jim mock <jim@jmock.com> work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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