Re: [PLUG] Re: Free Books from IDGB

["William H. Magill" <magill@isc.upenn.edu>]

>   > Well, at first I considered this spam.  Then I read it.  Do you think I
>   > should respond ?
>
>   Yes.  It means FREE STUFF!!![*] at the next plug meeting.
>
>   Of course, this might be all about 'Linux for Dummies', but then again,
>   maddog did write that title...
>
>   Z.
>
>   *: three ways to attract members to a user group meeting:
>      - free food & soda
>      - free beer
>      - free stuff
>
>      (not necessarily in that order.)
>
IDG is home of the Dummies" books.

Maddog wrote part of the first edition and had most of what he wrote
"thrown out" by his "co-authors." He was not thrilled to be associated
with the final product. The "...For Dummies" series is a "format" book,
not very much different from "Romance Novels" or "Star Trek and Star Wars
Novels." It's like "eating at MacDonalds"... there is nothing wrong with
eating at MacDonalds, but it's just, "eating at MacDonalds."

I believe that he wrote the second edition entirely on his own, and
believes it to be a much more meaningfull work. (I don't know that he
believes it to be "good" because of the format constraints.)

The Computer Science Book Club routinely has "a new" "Linux Secret's" book
every 6 months. Mainly to match the latest CD edition of RedHat.

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