From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 9 09:58:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA23232 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 9 May 1996 09:58:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ki.net (root@ki.net [205.150.102.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA23217 Thu, 9 May 1996 09:58:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by ki.net (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id MAA13301; Thu, 9 May 1996 12:58:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 12:58:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Chuck Robey cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, chat@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.4BSD book In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 7 May 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Tue, 7 May 1996, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 7 May 1996, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > > > > > The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD > > > > Operating System book is out. got a copy right here ;) > > > > > > > I'd love a copy. Do publishers allow group buys on new books? I bet > > > that there'd be a lot of FreeBSDers who want that book! > > > > the publisher is addison-wesley. i got this one from > > computer lieracy www.clbooks.com > > > > you used to mention a place called readme.com? that sold books > > at a reasonable discount? perhaps we could arrange a group purchase > > from them. people could send in checks and then have the > > books deliver to one person in each city. everyone else goes > > to see that one person to get their copy. might save on shipping, > > if not then just ship each to each person direct. > > Good idea. It's Readme.Doc, and it's too late in the day to call them > now, but I'll check tomorrow and report back to the list. I wouldn't > mind organizing it either (I could collect the money, I suppose, deal > with Readme.Doc, whatever) > I haven't received the other posting yet concerning the details of the group buy, but please include me in the list of those that wants (well... needs) a copy. As well, if it helps any with the shipping, I'm willing to act as a hub for the toronto area so that shipping can go to one business address and ppl can pick it up from here. Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org