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

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From: system
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:00

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David Moskowitz <davidm2@ibm.net> writes:
>Paul Jackson wrote:
>> 
>> Lynlee wrote:
>> |> Went to http://www.Amazon.com and couldnt find where
>> |> to pre order Warp Unleashed, 4th Edition.
 
>> I presume they've pulled it.  The statements that this books has
>> been canceled, directly from Sam's management, seem authoratative.
 
>> Such books have a limited shelf life.  They took too long getting
>> this one out, so had to ax it instead.

>The reason SAMS provided was lack of resources, not timeliness
>of the information.  Various notes to these newsgroups have 
>various speculations about the status of the book.

Just a clarification (I think)

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.

Robert

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From: system@niuhep.physics.niu.edu
Subject: Re: Pre-orders for OS/2 Warp Unleashed, 4th Edition
Date: 1997/03/28
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