Fwd: [CS-FSLUG] Sydney Morning Herald: Cuba to Dump Windows for Linux

[Don Parris]

On Fri, 20 May 2005 18:57:47 -0700
David Aikema <daikema at gmail.com> wrote:

> In case there's others out there following this conversation... for
> some reason my replies keep going only to the original poster lately.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Aikema <daikema at gmail.com>
> Date: May 20, 2005 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Sydney Morning Herald: Cuba to Dump Windows for
> Linux To: Don Parris <gnumathetes at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> On 5/20/05, Don Parris <gnumathetes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Inside the front of PitP 1.0, you may notice a subtle request for
> > donations.  I really learned what cheapskates people are then.
> 
> Perhaps your request was a little too subtle? ... or perhaps by the
> time people had read far enough into the book to discover that it was
> worth it, they had forgotten about this request for donations.
> 
> > I have heard from the folks overseas that it might
> > be prohibitive for them to order the paperback edition.
> 
> Well, a lot of times if I try to ship a book from the US just up to
> Canada.... if it's a paperback book at lot of the time I'll pay just
> as much for the shipping as for the book itself (if not more... I've
> had the shipping be twice the price of the book before).
> 
> Going the other way, if you deal with different parts of the world
> you'll also see different editions priced differently for different
> markets.  If you look at textbook prices for computing textbooks, a
> lot of times there'll be an international edition(fully legitimate),
> typically printed on slightly thinner paper, and always in softcover.
> The North American edition for a networking text was $150US... the
> Indian edition, after doing currency conversions, was less than a 10th
> the cost.
> 
> > Theres a book about open source for business managers on Lulu that
> > sells for $35 printed and $25 download.  I think if you check out the
> > price of PitP, you'll find it reasonable by comparison.  Different
> > audience, but still.
> 
> You know know how well that other book actually sells?  As you note
> you are dealing with a different audience for a business-targetted
> book.  I'd expect the business to be more likely to spring for a copy
> of a book than some non-profit organization.
> 

It must sell fairly well - Lulu uses it in their promotional stuff.  You
frequently see it on the front page.  Additionally, LinuxWorld gave her a
review: http://www.linuxworld.com/read/rss/60.htm
Looks to me like she's well-known.  Perhaps I should touch base with her.

Of course, they also ran a story on me today (fed through XML Journal):
http://xml.sys-con.com/read/86211.htm

> > > > need to address the problems involved.  I do not think the current
> > > > mode of thinking will get us there without sacrificing too much
> > > > freedom.
> > >
> > > I happen to share your misgivings about much of the direction that
> > > intellectual property law is taking.
> > >
> > Well, that gives us something on which to build.  The question we need
> > to address is, "how do we tackle that issue effectively?"  If we, the
> > Church, can come to terms with this - and perhaps even offer a viable
> > solution (perhaps beating the industry to the punch) - then that would
> > put the Church at the forefront of this issue.  I even hint at this in
> > PitP 2.0.
> 
> The question you raise is a very good one, but one for which I -
> unfortunately - don't have a good answer, despite the time that I've
> spent thinking about it.
> 
> David
> 
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