Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 22:41:52 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Market share and platform support Message-ID: <19990912224152.A20302@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990908100529.05259560@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 10:24:56AM -0600 References: <4.2.0.58.19990907234944.047c0980@localhost> <Your <4.2.0.58.19990901152642.047b0250@localhost> <12874.936232439@localhost> <4.2.0.58.19990907234944.047c0980@localhost> <19990908114806.04124@ns.int.ftf.net> <4.2.0.58.19990908100529.05259560@localhost>
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Brett,
On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 10:24:56AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> O'Reilly has turned down several book proposals on BSD UNIX -- from me and
> from other authors -- saying that Linux has so much more market share that it
> offers them a greater return.
I note that on the recent Slashdot interview with Tim O'Reilly he was
asked what he thought one of his biggest mistakes was, and he says something
to the effect of "Turning down the opportunity to publish Greg Lehey's
_Complete FreeBSD_".
It might be worth contacting them again and asking again. If their response
is negative I suggest it's also worth asking for permission to republish
their reasons why not to this list.
N
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non-self-referential dummy head-node whose own object destructor severs
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