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Re: Pre-orders for OS/2 Warp Unleashed, 4th Edition

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From: John Ominor
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 00:00
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In message <33452A68.45DA@ibm.net> - Fri, 04 Apr 1997 11:20:56 -0500David
Moskowitz <"David Moskowitz"> writes:
>
>system@niuhep.physics.niu.edu wrote:
>
>> My reading of it was that they did not have the resources to get the
>> authors for the other chapters AND that it was so late that even if
>> those authors were to materialize now it would take too long to get the
>> book out.
>
>The relevant passage from Dean Miller's note is:
>
>   > That being said, I never told David Moscowitz the book was
>   > cancelled. What I told him is that I did not have the resources
>   > to line up 10-15 authors to write 1-2 chapters each. If he
>   > wanted to line up and subcontract all the contributors, we
>   > might still move forward.
>
>FYI... for the first 3 editions SAMS contracted with the contributing
>authors (some they found some we found).
>
>As I said in my note on the subject.  David Kerr and I composed a note
>requesting specifics that would allow us to move forward with the book.
>We will post additional information when we have a reponse back from
>SAMS.
>
>David Moskowitz

I am John Ominor,  The Inhuman.   What is the final verdict of this eager
anticipated tome?

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Even now, The Inhuman ponders the fate of everything you hold 
dear. This is not a threat, merely a statement of fact. 

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From: John Ominor
Subject: Re: Pre-orders for OS/2 Warp Unleashed, 4th Edition
Date: 1997/04/06
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