From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 15 00:14:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA13594 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:14:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA13463 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:14:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bkogawa@primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA16559; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 01:14:09 -0700 (MST) Received: from ip218.sjc.primenet.com(206.165.96.218), claiming to be "foo.primenet.com" via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd016539; Thu Jan 15 01:14:01 1998 Received: (from bkogawa@localhost) by foo.primenet.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) id AAA11953; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:15:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:15:35 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199801150815.AAA11953@foo.primenet.com> To: bkogawa@primenet.com Subject: Re: McKusick BSD internals course on videotape Newsgroups: localhost.freebsd.hackers References: <199801112037.OAA17586@nash.pr.mcs.net> From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-kern@netbsd.org, tech@openbsd.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In localhost.freebsd.hackers you write: > [ Apologies in advance for the commercial nature and wide crosspost of > this message. This email is an attempt to gain a valuable resource > to the BSD/UNIX community. > Please do not follow up to the list. ] >Many of you may be familiar with Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick, one of >the driving forces behind BSD UNIX while at CSRG. While CSRG is no >longer, Dr. McKusick continues his work within the UNIX community >through college courses, authoring books, and contributed source code. >Starting January 22nd, he will begin a 15 week course covering a >source code walkthrough of FreeBSD held at the University of >California Berkeley Extension. You can find details about the course >at this URL: > http://www.unex.berkeley.edu:4243/cat/eng22.html >In an attempt to convince Dr. McKusick to offer video taped versions >of the class to the many people that cannot attend, I took a survey on >freebsd-hackers to see how many people would be interested. The >result of which is he has agreed to produce a set of videotapes if we >can get enough takers to offset the cost of production. >The details: > o Each class is three hours long. There are 15 classes. > o Tapes will be mailed out each week (the actual time lag > between the class and the mailing is unknown at this point). > o The tapes may not be broadcast, duplicated and passed out or > sold. > o The total price would be $1500 for individual personal use, or > $2500 for companies that will share the tape amongst more than > one employee. Payment can be made in a lump sum via check or > credit card, or on a weekly basis by credit card. > o The tapes will be available in NTSC format, PAL format should > be available for an extra charge. >Dr. McKusick has suggested that we approach this on a class by class >basis. That is, if enough people feel that the class does not fulfill >their needs after the first tape, then we can cancel the project. As >long as there are enough subscribers to justify the production costs, >the taping continues. >If you're interested in signing up for this, or you have questions, >please contact me at nash@mcs.net. DO NOT send any credit card or >other payment information, this will be handled by Dr. McKusick when >the time comes. Please do send a note including your name, shipping >address, which pricing scheme (personal/corporate) you will be >using, and video format (NTSC or PAL). >Unfortunately we don't have a lot of time to reach critical mass on >this project -- in fact we only have about 5 days! >Alex -- bryan k ogawa http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/