Re: "Test Driving Linux" Released by O'Reilly

From: Brian K. White (brian_at_aljex.com)
Date: 05/23/05 

Date: 23 May 2005 13:27:26 -0400

OK I hate to be a party pooper but think I'm kinda tired of the ads if they
are going to be this frequent.

I don't mind, actually I appreciate, the occasional advertizement showing up
here if the product is on topic and not otherwise well known, or
_infrequent_ informative updates about products even if they are well known
as long as they are topical.

While many of the O'Reilly books are topical here, and these ads could be
called informative updates, they are apparently not going to be infrequent
and I think everyone knows for a long time by now that the O'Reilly books
exist, where to find them, that new ones are always coming out, and what
their average usefulness is. 

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