On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 10:21:43AM -0400, Nils Lohner wrote: > > I like the idea of a book, and think it will do a lot for Debian. I have an > interesting idea... see what you think of this. > > - We don't do one book, we do several > - each book focuses on a different part of debian and/or linux in general > - we write the outlines for all of the books (start with one big one, see > how it develops, and then split as needed) > > Here is my reasoning for this. > > Several books look better on bookshelves, and each one can stand on its own > merits. People don't have to shell out $40, they can spend $5-$10 for just > the sections they need. With the outline done, different authors can > volunteer for different sections. And with the CD's we can still sell the > books as a package if we want. You know: http://www.debian.org/~elphick/ddp/ ? We have start several books... Grisu -- Michael Bramer - a Debian Certified Linux Developer http://www.debian.org PGP: finger grisu@master.debian.org -- Linux Sysadmin -- Use Debian Linux "A system without Perl is like a hockey game without a fight." -- Mitch Wright
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