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

From: Kathryn Barrett (kathrynb_at_oreilly.com)
Date: 05/23/05 

Date: 23 May 2005 13:35:28 -0400
To: "Brian K. White" <brian@aljex.com>

Hi Brian and Ed,

Brian, you need to address these comments to Ed Hew, the moderator of
the list. I don't post these, and I've mentioned to Ed before that I
get complaints about the frequency of them and some very nasty notes
from people who accuse me of spamming this list.

None of these are ads, by the way. These are press releases that are
sent to editors, journalists, and others on our media list.

-Kathryn

Kathryn Barrett - kathrynb@oreilly.com
Publicist
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
1005 Gravenstein Highway North
Sebastopol, CA 95472
(707) 827-7094

On May 23, 2005, at 10:26 AM, Brian K. White wrote:

>
> 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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