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From:	"Markus Hoenicka" <Markus DOT Hoenicka AT uth DOT tmc DOT edu>
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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:59:37 +0000 (CT0)
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Subject:	Re: It sounds like I'm bashing Cygwin, but I'm not...
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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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