From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 17 07:48:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA09825 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 07:48:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id HAA09819 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 07:48:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntws (ntws.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA26205 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:54:57 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970117104724.00ad3210@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:47:27 -0500 To: hackers@freebsd.org From: dennis Subject: Re: Commerical applications (was: Development and validation tools...) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 08:51 AM 1/17/97 -0600, you wrote: >At 05:38 16-01-97 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >>To be sure, one or more of us core team members will eventually have >>books of our own in those bookstores as well as occasional magazine >>articles in the UNIX press, and it's definitely necessary that we try >>to set good examples for constructive evangelism, but still - we can >>hardly have a PR stampede just by ourselves. :-) > >I've hit all of the local bookstores at least twice asking for FreeBSD >books. Last time, one of the sales people said he'd heard 'others' asking >for FreeBSD stuff, so just what is it. After a few minutes of discussion he >was much more interested in helping me out. They still didn't have >anything, but at least he's looking... All you really need is ONE LOUSY HOW-TO BOOK. Some (like myself) hate online docs (particularly when its a year out of date)....I bought a book on Linux setup at B&N which made the whole process a lot easier. What about the book I saw Walnut creek peddling? Could that book be upgraded to something marketable?