free book!

[Vance Dubberly]

To bad I just bought them both! I'm halfway through each and they are great
books!  


on 6/26/00 10:37 AM, Tim Chambers at tbc at netbox.com wrote:

> Dear fellow Perl Mongers,
> 
> O'Reilly sent me a free book. Actually, they sent me two, but the other one,
> JAVA AND XML, is already spoken for. (Ken, let me know how to get this to
> you.)
> 
> So anyway, they sent me this book: LEARNING JAVA
> 
> There are now 21 members on the mailing list. (BTW, welcome our newest
> member, Keary Suska. At least, that's what Google turned up for a name:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=aksuska@insideflyer.com.) So what would the
> group like to do with the book? Our liaison with O'Reilly, Denise Olliffe,
> says, "You are welcome to use the book for whatever purpose suits your
> groups needs best - whether that be for your library (if you have one),
> give-away, or simply to pass around. We don't have any specific
> expectations, however we
> obviously love reviews of our books for many reasons."
> 
> Ken already volunteered to review JAVA AND XML. His interest was what got
> the shipment started. I don't know why they sent me LEARNING JAVA, but
> should we complain? :-)
> 
> I don't look forward to adding more structure to our little group, so let's
> see if the twenty-one of us can work this out via e-mail. I will take a
> non-reply as a "don't care." The final decision will be announced at our
> next lunch. (Which is coming up next week, BTW: Thursday, July 6th.)
> 
> My opinion: If someone reviews the book, they can keep it (if they want it
> :-). Otherwise, it belongs to the PPPM library. I'll note its existence and
> its location on our Web site. It's available for loan from me.
> 
> Other ideas?
> 
> Remember to reply to all.
> 
> <>< Tim
> Founder, Pikes Peak Perl Mongers <http://pikes-peak.pm.org/>
> http://www.netbox.com/tbc/hacks/ (my home page for hacks)
> http://www.netbox.com/tbc/ (my personal home page)
> 

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