On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:35, C Falconer wrote: > Don't forget I can print you one at cost for $19. > > Thats bound in a spiraly plastic binding, with laminated covers. > > (and it is within the terms of the RUTE licence, because you are > instituting the printing of the book.)
Thanks for your offer which I will decline with grace mainly because: 1) I can't read the small print of your 2-up print format very well, now that the eyes are not in the flush of youth anymore; 2) Personally, I find that while the strictly legal interpretation of the word "initiate" may allow commissioned printing, my personal feelings are that the author has put an enormous amount of effort into writing the tome, and he should be rewarded for those efforts. It's by far the best out there as far as I can tell. At $86nz the cost of the printed book is actually quite reasonable especially when compared with some of the hugely expensive but semi-literate and delightfully information-free works which are dumped on the market by sharp operators in the publishing business. What may be legal is not always "the right thing to do" from a moral standpoint. > On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 12:13, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:24, Tim Wright wrote: > > > Well, I'm back..and unfortunatly didn't find a bookstore that stocked > > > it. However, their RRP (they could have ordered it) was US$40. > > > > So the Amazon cost of $86nz looks pretty good. > > > > btw, Has anybody had a chance to have a good look at this yet? > > A paraphrased comment from a newby was that it's "Completely over my > > head, total waste of money". I've been at this Linux game for a fair > > while now so tend to disagree with the newbie's feelings on the subject, > > but I am wondering what other folks think? The reason for the question is > > that I would be grateful for the list's wisdom so that I can give these > > Avonmore students a wider opinion than just my own, which btw is "Good > > reference and learning resource, possibly too deep too soon". It seems to > > go from computing sub-basics to pretty solid stuff in just a page or two. > > > > -- > > Sincerely etc., > > Christopher Sawtell -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
