Lan Barnes said:
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 02:44:37PM -0800, Todd Walton wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:40:22 -0800, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> > So I'm going to put out a challenge, kinda like pledge week on
>> > KPBS: I will write a review of an O'Reilly book to match every
>> > review another Kplugger writes, up to six (6), for the month of
>> > February.
>>
>> Does this one count? :
>> http://www.kernel-panic.org/pipermail/kplug-list/2005-January/075239.html
>>
>
> It counts for your karma, but not for my matching challenge.
>
>> It's only a half-review, actually, and it's for the month of
>> January,
>> and I'm not sure who counts as a Kplugger.
>>
>
> Anyone who wants to be is a kplugger (at least, it always used to be
> that way -- our relationship w/ SDCS has, I believe, evolved, so that
> may only be half true now).
>
> See the O'Reilly web reference for what constitutes a review. One or
> two
> paragraphs will do.
>
>> Regardless, I'll write another. Also, what kind of book reviews are
>> appropriate for putting up on the website? Surely not just O'Reilly
>> books. Just computer books? Just non-fiction? No Windows-specific
>> books? Only books with a dead tree version?
>>
>
> You miss the point. O'Reilly sends us paper books that fuel our raffle
> and fill our coffers. If you want to write a review of the latest
> Elmore
> Leonard, have at it, but it has nothing to do with my matching
> challenge.
We also receive books from Syngress, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley and
New Rider. It's your challenge but, I suggest that these publishers
also be included. O'Reilly donates a large proportion of the books,
but then I think they also have the largest number of Linux titles.
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