Yes. Rightly there was no mention of a race - its a "masala" added by me. Usually LUG meeting minutes are written in a light mood and not like a formal report. Any correction / modification are always welcome in a sportingly manner.
-Saugata --- Sankarshan Mukhopadhay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > saugata ghosh wrote: > > > Towards the end of the meeting Shankarshan > announced > > that the first Bengali book > > entirely on Linux will be available in the market > > soon. Whats more - it also comes with a CD. > > Its called LINUX SIKSHA O PROYOG written by Swarup > > Sengupta. > > Dipankar da is also writing a book but Swarup has > > beaten him in the race. > > The focus of the two books are different. Swarup's > > books is more at a beginners level > > and Dipankar da's book will be slightly more > > technical. > > Let me clarify something over here. There was no > mention of a *race*. > > 1. Dipankar-da's book has for long been in soft copy > and downloadable > from the website. > > 2. Swarup's book (or rather the first reprint) is > what I had in hand. > > This is in relation to a mail from dipankar-da > asking for a public > clarification on this issue. > > I have (by a curious turn of fate) been involved > with both the books and > the respective authors. It is good to see that at > last there are books > in Bangla getting into print. > > Dipankar-da's book has for sometime facing serious > issues in getting > into print due to lack of funds. Once that has been > sorted it will > finally and hopefully see the light of the day > > Rgds > Sankarshan > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
