Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 09:06:22 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Book Request Message-ID: <19980109090622.20884@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34B4F5F5.4A9A3B24@fsl.noaa.gov>; from Sean Kelly on Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 08:51:17AM -0700 References: <199801081332.IAA01281@gatekeeper.itribe.net> <34B4F5F5.4A9A3B24@fsl.noaa.gov>
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On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 08:51:17AM -0700, Sean Kelly wrote: >> Has anyone at O'Reilly said why they don't want to do any FreeBSD books? > > I've approached O'Reilly as well about authoring a FreeBSD book as well. > Both Tim and Andy Oram said that they pretty much want to stick with Linux > since they believe that's where the market is. I got a private reply from Andy saying that they had noticed a surprising resilience in the UNIX line (doesn't that say a lot!), and he would try yet again. I don't suppose it would do any harm if other people would send in a message to the O'Reilly people asking for a FreeBSD book. Don't all do it at once! A steady trickle has more effect. Greg
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