[pm-h] Fw: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--December

[G. Wade Johnson]

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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:06:14 -0800
From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
To: gwadej at anomaly.org
Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--December



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