Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 14:23:37 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> To: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> Cc: chuckr@eng.umd.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some questions Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950810142116.5386B-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <9508100254.AA23199@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Daniel M. Eischen wrote: > >> Hmmm, okay. Just curious but what was your price on the DNS and > >> Bind book? > > > >I don't remember, it's been at least 9 months since I bought it, I don't > >keep the receipts. The Readme.Doc folk's receipts show the list price > >and the price after their discount, and it seemed like real numbers, > >compared to what I used to pay bookstores before I found out about > >Readme.Doc. I post this info about twice a year, because I think I'm > >doing folks (who probably don't have much more money than I) a favor. > >I spend FAR too much of my money on books. > > The ReadMe.Doc catalog on floppy lists the DNS and Bind book at $24.00. > I'm not sure whether the catalog includes the standard 20-25% discount > or not. I remember seeing you message about ReadMe.Doc, Chuck, and I've > purchased a few books from them since. It is definitely a good deal since > I don't find any discounts on technical books; they're hard enough to find > where I live. I bought mines from Barnes & Noble for $29.95 and they claim to have given a 20% discount already. But at $24.00, that really is a good deal. > Even if they do not carry the book, they will order it from the publisher > and still give you their standard 20-25% discount. Do they just sell computer books since they offer really good prices. > >Just bought the Magic Garden, a really neat thing that Terry told me > >about. Tells me all about the VFS stuff (besides lots of other stuff) > >that I've been very curious about. It's pointed at SVR4, but there ISN'T > >one on bsd like that, so it's the next best bet. > > > >Thanks, Terry. > > Thanks, Chuck. Thanks Dan, Chuck and Mike. Cheers, -Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95 SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free! Chabot Observatory & Science Center
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