Stephen Snow wrote:
Phil, et. al.,
I wonder why, if microsoft has a hand in manipulating barnes & noble
offerings, so many LINUX books are available at B&N? Seems to me that
would be a much greater threat than openoffice. And what about
PlayStation 2 tips & tricks? The list actually could go on a bit.
OpenOffice seems more like a gnat to the Linux Africanized bee. In my
opinion.
Steve Snow
I think it boils down to 'What Geeks Buy'. Publishers are not trying to
bridge anything, they try to produce books that people with disposable
income will buy. I can *want* all sorts of books on the shelves, but in
the end the market has a heavy hand in saying what gets published. Just
to keep everyone on their toes - remember a few people are releasing
their books under Creative Commons licenses as well, and that they make
a free version available on the internet.
So what I don't get here in the hyperbole - and remember, I get painted
as a FOSS advocate by both sides of the fence - what I don't get is why
these books aren't being released in a similar fashion? The answer to
that question is what the answer to the OpenOffice.org book is. And if
anyone knows that answer - don't tell anyone, start your own publishing
company. :-)
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