Re: Linux Advocates Fear Solaris 10.

From: Rich Teer (rich.teer_at_rite-group.com)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:00:01 GMT

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> Speaking of which - since you're determined to force it upon everyone's
> attention:

Having it in my signature hardly counts as "forcing it upon everyone's
attention". No more so than Vic Abell's signature mentioning the fact
that he is the author of lsof. (I just happen to post more frequently
than he.) SSP is an accomplishment I'm very proud of, and I think that
mentioning that I'm the author of that book in my signature is one way
of establishing my credentials (not everyone will look in Google to see
how much credibility an individual is worthy of).

> Since that borrows (more than a small amount) upon
>
> "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment",
> W. Richard Stevens, 1993

My book doesn't "borrow" from APUE, certainly not to the extent that you
seem to be implying. Both my book and APUE cover a similar subject (one
might argue that SSP is in fact a superset of APUE), and I admire Rich
Stevens' writing style--a style that in the sincerest form of flattery,
I've attempted to immitate (I'll take your words as a sign that I was
somewhat successful in that attempt). It shouldn't be too surprising,
then, that the two books appear to be at least superficially similar.

> why does its bibliography only mention Steven's 3 editions
> of "Unix Network Programming"?

Because my book doesn't make reference to Rich Stevens' other books.
If it did, a suitable reference would be in the bibliography. 

-- 
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, author of "Solaris Systems Programming"
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