It sounds like I'm bashing Cygwin, but I'm not...

[Markus Hoenicka]

DJ Delorie writes:
 > First, you'd have to write the book.  I've talked with people who have
 > published with O'Reilly - and O'Reilly doesn't write the book, they
 > help *you* write the book.  And if we got that far, we might as well
 > just put the book on the web.

Not that I'm just about to write this book, but I'd like to point out
that O'Reilly does exactly this with a few books. E.g. the DocBook
guide is available completely on the web and as a book. Having a book
magically adds value to a software, just like a shrink-wrapped
package.

regards,
Markus

-- 
Markus Hoenicka, PhD
UT Houston Medical School
Dept. of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
6431 Fannin MSB4.114
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 500-6313, -7477
(713) 500-7444 (fax)
Markus.Hoenicka@uth.tmc.edu
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hoenicka_markus/


--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple