From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 12 17:27:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA27935 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:27:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA27904 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:27:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA25480; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:56:58 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA40637; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:56:57 +1030 (CST) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:56:57 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: johan Ahmad Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Latest Edition of The Complete FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19990113115657.T8886@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19990110090110.111.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990110090110.111.qmail@hotmail.com>; from johan Ahmad on Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 01:01:09AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 10 January 1999 at 1:01:09 -0800, johan Ahmad wrote: > Hello All, > > I would like to purchase the abovementioned book. However I'm unsure of > the latest edition currently available. As far as I'm concern the latest > is Edition 2 (from FreeBSD Mall/Cheapbytes). Is this correct? Correct, at least the edition. > Here are some of my questions: > > 1) If the "Edition 3" is coming how long would it be in the > market then? I'm not quite sure what you mean by `then'. But yes, a third edition is coming. > 2) What is the gap of publishing Edition 2 to Edition 3? Probably about 18 months. > 3) If I order the "Next Edition" from FreeBSD Mall ($39.95) how > long do I have to wait? Probably about 5 months. > 4) FYI am using FreeBSD 2.2.8 Official Release. Will these book > covers the version (and above 3.0) I'm using now? No. The third edition won't cover 2.X. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message