Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:36:51 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ recommends older Nemeth book Message-ID: <20010422223651.A12199@klapaucius.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <20010422031337.C4964@welearn.com.au>; from sue@welearn.com.au on Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 03:13:40AM %2B1000 References: <20010422031337.C4964@welearn.com.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2001-04-22 03:13 +1000, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> wrote: > At http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/preface.html (as viewed just now) the > last book listed under #BOOKS is very good, but our information about > it is out of date. > > Changes: > > The current edition is the third edition, which has a different > coloured cover. (Sorry, I don't have one handy) > > The price would not be the same any more. ISTR paying about $150 for it > here in Australia, but I couldn't guess what it costs elsewhere. The third edition has a purple cover, and costs $57.25 (or $68.00 from Amazon), as seen here: http://mall.daemonnews.org/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=803 > I don't recall whether or not any of its other authors have changed. The authors are the same. > A big difference is that in the third edition everything is explained > in terms of four representative types of unix, FreeBSD being one of > them. Solaris, HP/UX, FreeBSD, and Linux. > > Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass & Trent R. Hein, `Unix System > > Administration Handbook'', Prentice-Hall, 1995 ISBN: > > 0-13-151051-7 UNIX System Administration Handbook by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein Paperback - 853 pages 3nd edition (August 2000) Prentice Hall PTR; ISBN: 0130206016 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.30 x 9.23 x 7.06 Again, if you're looking to purchase this book, one of the places you could buy it is here: http://mall.daemonnews.org/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=803 Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic. mailto:gsutter@zer0.org http://www.zer0.org/~gsutter/ hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net/0x845DFEDD [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: '' iD8DBQE6479zIBUx1YRd/t0RAoqAAJ9LQgbjG4SJokyhjX+zzy15UYrKqACdFpeW oWDD1RXnNLPbn50ABNkIdP8= =pDxb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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