From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2051 invoked by alias); 14 Oct 2007 13:02:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 2036 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Oct 2007 13:02:49 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:02:46 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ih36n-0002bH-Hf for cygwin-talk@cygwin.com; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:02:17 +0000 Received: from 212.124.199.60 ([212.124.199.60]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:02:17 +0000 Received: from david by 212.124.199.60 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:02:17 +0000 To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com From: zzapper Subject: Re: Cygwin Book? Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <20071013163547.GD8304@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.24 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List X-SW-Source: 2007-q4/txt/msg00014.txt.bz2 Christopher Faylor wrote in news:20071013163547.GD8304@ednor.casa.cgf.cx: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 11:39:57AM +0000, zzapper wrote: >>Hi >>I was looking for suitable Technical Books to put on my SquidU >>http://www.squidoo.com/zzapper/ and was disappointed not to find one on >>CygWin, are any in progress? > > I have gotten periodic requests to write a cygwin group from various > publishers but it has always seemed like a daunting task to me. It > might provide some credibility to Cygwin, though. I'm rather sick of > seeing it referred to as a "toy" by various people who think they're > insightful. > > cgf As you say it would raise Cygwin's profile especially to corporates. Perhaps it could be done as a team effort and you must have vast array of material that could be garnered from your postings. -- zzapper http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html