Todd Walton wrote:
> On 1/30/07, Neil Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> O'Reilly Publishing has sent me three PDF files that they would like
>> someone to review. I will send one title, to the first three people
>> who send me private email and promise to write a review on the KPLUG
>> web site, before the February 8th General Meeting.
>
> Doesn't that promote hastily drawn conclusions and slapdash writing?

The alternative is not getting a review written. We raffle dozens of
books every month. We have 21 book reviews on the site. The pdfs are
something new with O'Reilly & Associates and I'm trying a different
approach to get people to write reviews.

> I'd love to have the OpenBSD pdf, but only because I don't know much
> about OpenBSD.  And not knowing much about it, I wouldn't really know
> whether the pdf was helpful until I had been using it awhile.

Send me a private email requesting it, and I'll forward it. You can
decide whether it's helpful, after you read it.

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