Pete, I started all of this ... >> worth the time and effort because most of those individuals complaining will never get it because they sit in there offices provided to them by some organization and never had to consider where the next check was comming from other than the payroll office. >> This is precisely the reason for my complaint - I'm an independent software developer, also running a small hosting outfit. No cozy office here, my friend. No large training budget either ... Anyway - the original issue is as follows: Why wouldn't Sun Cobalt distribute the RaQ Technician manual seperately? I fully understand that they spent a lot of money developing the RaQ (both the software and hardware), and nothing in life is free. But charging $695 for a set of 5 manuals, where 4 of those can be obtained for less than $200 elsewhere)? >From my original post: The average price for a Linux book is about $50 (maybe even less) [alternative in brackets], thus: RaQ 4 Administration (5 chapters, 120 pp.) [free pdf file] Linux Fundamentals (10 Chapters, 534 pp.) [$50 from Amazon] Linux System Administration (10 Chapters, 372 pp.) [$50 from Amazon] Linux Networking (10 Chapters, 448 pp.) [$50 from Amazon] RaQ 4 Technician (5 Chapters, 220 pp.) [?] >> ... them come back and show everyone how willing you are to give back the farm. >>> Watch this space ... Rgrds, Johan Pretorius . . http://host24.com . All the PHP/mySQL hosting you'll ever need . _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
