On Tuesday 07 Jan 2003 1:21 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote: > Please, accept my apologies because I didn't explain what I tried to mean. > > What I meant was that by not having books on it, there is no promotion on > using Mandrake. > > I have being using Mandrake 9 for two months, after trying to use Redhat > 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 and going back to Window$ almost inmediately. > > Why I tried to use RH? Because I thought it was the distro to use, belief > that was based on the number of titles I could see on bookshelves. Then, a > system enginnering student told me about Mandrake 9 and here I am: happily > working with it.
Sorry Adolfo - I had not understood that. You are right, I'm sure, but then I can see how publishers would be worried about the short shelf-life of distro-specific books. As long as RH get all the publicity they are likely to be the first name people look for - a catch22. I really don't see how to get round this, unless distros start to see themselves as specialised. I can see more market for books on linux for a specific purpose, with perhaps appendices on using different distros for that purpose. I think that the best we can do to help right now is by letting others see our own distro in action, and by making our magazines as Mandrake-aware as possible. When I recently pointed out that a distro-of-the-year award was on offer in a UK magazine not a single poster replied, though I know we have a number of UK posters here. If we, the converted, can't sell the product, no-one can. Anne
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