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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 12 Dec 1995 06:43:00 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) wrote:
] From a marketing point of view FreeBSD needs at least 4 things..
]
] FreeBSD Journal published monthly
] Getting Started with FreeBSD
] The FreeBSD Internet Server
] The FreeBSD Network Server
]
] The last 3 titles are books. A "Getting Started" book would be an add-on
] sale for a CD-ROM distribution, and could also be supplied to bookstores
] with the CD-ROM included. The "Internet Server" book would cover setting
] up a server for email, sync cards, WWW, ftp and the like. The "Network
] Server" book would be more LAN oriented covering things like NFS, SAMBA
] and Appleshare file and printer services.
I work full time. For me to do a book, I must make back my
opportunity costs. This is a large amount of money. For a $30
book ($40-$49 with CD) at a 10% royalty (yeah, right), this
amounts to the neighborhood 40,000 copies. I'd maybe want more
than that to afford me the leisure in trade for doing something
that has the large attendant risks of writing a book. For one,
I would have to invest the time up front and *hope* I made the
money afterwards.
I am very behind the idea of a BSD Journal (Why limit your
advertisers? Why limit your scope?), but once again, we have
opportunity costs. Can I best achieve all my goals by becoming
a publisher? Depends on my goals. For my personal goals, the
answer is "no". Can someone else? If they can, count me in
as the first subscriber.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.