From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 10 9:33:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92B5037B401; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:33:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f8AGXL726181; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:33:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "David Kelly" <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Advocacy" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Books on FreeBSD and local libraries Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:33:20 -0700 Message-ID: <000101c13a16$4da2f020$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20010910093153.A90211@grumpy.dyndns.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: <freebsd-chat.FreeBSD.ORG> List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive) List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-chat> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-chat> X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The libraries here have a website that patrons can put book titles into to request that the library buy them. Usually they are pretty good about purchasing requested books. I imagine that they get so few requests for specific titles as opposed to the total number of books that they buy that satisfying the requests is not a problem for them. After all it is part of their charter. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David Kelly >Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 7:32 AM >To: Bzdik BSD >Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Books on FreeBSD and local libraries > > >On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 09:09:11PM -0700, Bzdik BSD wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> would it help if we all start bugging local libraries to get a book or >> two on FreeBSD? I just requested to do so a local community college >> and >> a public library to get Ms Anderson's book. (as well as the one by Mt >> Mittelspiel). "FreeBSD Unleashed" is coming too. What do you think? > >I think the best way to "bug" a library to offer a book for lending is >to purchase one or more and deliver them along with the request. > >-- >David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net >===================================================================== >The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its >capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message