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Re: It sounds like I'm bashing Cygwin, but I'm not...
DJ Delorie writes:
> First, you'd have to write the book. I've talked with people who have
> published with O'Reilly - and O'Reilly doesn't write the book, they
> help *you* write the book. And if we got that far, we might as well
> just put the book on the web.
Not that I'm just about to write this book, but I'd like to point out
that O'Reilly does exactly this with a few books. E.g. the DocBook
guide is available completely on the web and as a book. Having a book
magically adds value to a software, just like a shrink-wrapped
package.
regards,
Markus
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