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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:52:32 -0400
From: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us>
To: William Birch <tree@pcrd.net>, "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: root@garbled.net, netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: a non-original idea.
References: <199809162154.RAA26606@jekyll.piermont.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980916175635.29544A-100000@skywalker.pcrd.net>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980916175635.29544A-100000@skywalker.pcrd.net>; from William Birch on Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 06:00:26PM -0400

On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 06:00:26PM -0400, William Birch wrote:

>   how hard (read: expensive) would it be for us to write, layout,
>   and produce a book ourselves really be?

I think the important thing right now is generating content in a usable
form. I expect that we'll have numerous options once it comes time to
actually format and print the beast, and I expect that there are numerous
people out there that would be glad to help with advice. (ESR seems like
he might be a good resource, having experience as he does with the "New
Hacker's Dictionary" project...)

-- 
Mason Loring Bliss..mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us..acheron.dyn.ml.org/mason
"In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams build their nest with fragments
  dropped from day's caravan."--Rabindranath Tagore..awake ? sleep : dream;