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From: kurt@fluke.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.misc
Subject: digital press 'rip-off'
Message-ID: <1016@vax2.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-May-84 12:47:44 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  7 12:47:44 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 18-May-84 00:12:27 EDT
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA
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I just got a mailing from digital press, the printing arm of digital
equipment corporation.  They advertised themselves as a publisher of
timely and interesting books for educators and computer professionals,
so I read the ad.  Imagine my surprise and disgust when I discovered
that what they were selling was mostly outdated processor manuals and
catalogs at bestseller prices.  Give me a break.  If I wanted to know
how to interface to a wide variety of terminals, I wouldn't buy a book
that described only DEC hardware, and if I wanted to interface with DEC
hardware, I would certainly not expect to pay $14.95 for the
privilege.  Then there were the books allegedly for use in teaching
operating systems classes that actually were manuals for VMS, RSTS,
etc.  I don't know about you, but I don't consider RSTS, RSX, or VMS to
be the quintessential expression in operating system design, and would
greatly prefer a more general, easier-to-read text than a manual.

Stuff like this should be given away free.  

Always my own opinion, my company buys DEC stuff and likes it fine.
-- 
Kurt Guntheroth
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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