ok, based on the feedback today, i'm going to go back to the drawing
board and try again. i already have an idea of how to do this
differently but i'll ponder it for a while first. i'll probably make
an alternate suggestion tomorrow and people will either think it's a
good idea or not but i pr
On Jun 5, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, Joel Fernandes wrote:
>
sorry, but that's just not going to happen. ever. if the
general impression here is that, for a donation of five bucks,
you expect to get unfettered access to my personal attention
>> sorry, but that's just not going to happen. ever. if the general
>> impression here is that, for a donation of five bucks, you expect to
>> get unfettered access to my personal attention, then we have massively
>> different views of how the world works.
>
> Well, 5 bucks was just an example.
On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> whoa, whoa, whoa ... that's going *way* beyond what i was
> suggesting. i was proposing that i could produce and provide
> well-written kernel programming docs online, write new content on a
> reasonably regular basis and make sure i kept al
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, Carlo Caione wrote:
>
> On Jun 5, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> >
> > i was reluctant to post the following since it's definitely going
> > to sound self-serving but it's an idea i've been thinking about
> > for a while.
> >
> > how many people would be willi
On Jun 5, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> i was reluctant to post the following since it's definitely going to
> sound self-serving but it's an idea i've been thinking about for a
> while.
>
> how many people would be willing to spend, say, 5 dollars for a
> decently-written on
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> If you are sure about constantly adding new material etc, then I
> think a good idea would be to turn it into a subscription based
> service at $3 / month or something (too less?), something like LWN.
> I know I would signup for something
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> If you are sure about constantly adding new material etc, then I think
> a good idea would be to turn it into a subscription based service at
> $3 / month or something (too less?), something like LWN. I know I
> would signup fo
i was reluctant to post the following since it's definitely going to
sound self-serving but it's an idea i've been thinking about for a
while.
how many people would be willing to spend, say, 5 dollars for a
decently-written online booklet that introduces someone to the field
of kernel program
