🚀 go-pugleaf

Richard Steiner (rsteiner@skypoint.com) wrote:
: Here in comp.os.os2.marketplace, "Dean Miller" <dmiller@sams.mcp.com>
: spake unto us, saying:

: >My name is Dean Miller, and I am the Publishing Manager of SAMS operating
: >systems and networking books. I am the one who ultimately decided not to
: >publish this book.

: Thanx for the posting, Dean.

: >The two lead authors of this book, David Moscowitz and David Kerr, do an
: >outstanding job on the chapters they write, however that total is less
: >than 1/3 of the book. They then leave it to us to find authors for the
: >remaining 20+ chapters in the book. We spent some time doing this, but
: >you were one of the few willing to help us out, so we were not making a
: >great deal of progress on getting the book done. We were now looking at
: >a July or August title, 8 months late.

: This is an explanation that I can relate to.  Not that it matters, but
: your explanation *is* appreciated.  *Sigh*.  :-(  I guess I had made
: the (erroneous) assumption that the folks that had written the various
: sections previously would have little problem doing updates.  Though
: some of the new stuff (Java, VTD, etc.) would be new material.

: Shows what I know.  :-)  :-(

: Thanx.

: -- 
: -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@skypoint.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
:       Written offline using PC Yarn + Yep + FTE under OS/2 Warp 4
:           Junk - stuff we throw away.  Stuff - junk we keep.

	Uh oh!  I think SAMS is about to be flooded with E-mails of every 
Tom, Dick, and Harry wanting to fill the rest of the book. :)  Maybe they 
should have posted here in the first place. :)

	-Paul