The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System
Roman Kurakin
rik at cronyx.ru
Mon May 31 01:58:40 PDT 2004
Thanks!
Kirk McKusick wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 18:13:01 +0400
>>From: Roman Kurakin <rik at cronyx.ru>
>>To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick at mckusick.com>
>>CC: arch at freebsd.org
>>Subject: Re: The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System
>>X-ASK-Info: Our key was found in the mail
>>Kirk McKusick wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My forthcoming book, ``The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD
>>>Operating System'' can now be pre-ordered from Amazon.com, see
>>>http://tinyurl.com/2bklt. Details on its coverage can be found
>>>at http://www.mckusick.com/FreeBSDbook.html.
>>> Kirk McKusick
>>>
>>>
>>Any discounts for commiters?
>>
>>rik
>>
>>
>
>I have not been successful in getting discounts in the past as this
>book is put out through the textbook side of Addison-Wesley. Since
>they have a lock on the student market - that is students generally
>have to buy the books for their classes - the books just sell for
>list price. I can get a 10% discount if I buy 50 books, but by the
>time I pay to ship them the savings is lost over paying list price
>to Amazon.com and getting free shipping. So far at least even
>Amazon.com is offering no discount and they have a bit more leverage
>than I do :-) Anyway, if I do find out about a better deal, I will
>let you (and the other committers) know.
>
> Kirk McKusick
>_______________________________________________
>freebsd-arch at freebsd.org mailing list
>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch
>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>
>
>
>
More information about the freebsd-arch
mailing list