🚀 go-pugleaf

In message <CcyJzAe+GllZ090yn@ibm.net> - !dcasey!@ibm.net (Dan Casey) writes:

[big snip on the OS/2 Unleashed saga]

>
>Apparantley, John Summerfield was, in fact, correct. David Moskowitz,
>apparantley, was the last to find out.
>
>OS/2 Warp Unleashed 4th Edition has been cancelled by the publisher.
>Main reason cited was the they (Sam's) felt that OS/2 was a dying
>operating system, and there was not enough market for the book.
>
>Perhaps a few (thousand) well thought out e-mails to
>cskaggs@sams.mcp.com would help them to realize that OS/2 is NOT a
>dying operating system, and there IS a market for this book, if they
>should choose to publish it.
>
>(Please, no flames. Flaming Sam's would only serve to reflect
>negatively on OS/2 users).
>
>J3's Web Site has been updated, and there is no longer a link to
>pre-order the book.
>
>Here is an e-mail message I recieved today. (I had pre-ordered the
>book from J3).
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Mar 1997 16:28:51 -0500
>
> Hello,
>
>   Rumor had it that the publication of OS/2 Warp Unleashed, 4th
>   Edition  had been cancelled at the eleventh hour, until I was able
>   to confirm or deny this statement I had to take it at face value,
>   that of a rumor.
>
>  Unfortunately, this rumor has become true. I was just notified
>  minutes ago by our SAM's Publishing Representative that they (SAM's)
>  will not be publishing OS/2 Warp Unleashed, 4th Ed. for a couple of
>  reasons, one being that they feel the OS/2 market place is dying.
>
>     This is another sad chapter in the OS/2 history book. My
>     apologies to anyone that has been inconvenienced. Our Web site
>     will be updated to reflect this new information.
>
>  Sincerely,
>  -Jim Ames, President
>  J3 Computer Technologies
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>--
>
>        Dan Casey           Doesn't "Microsoft"
>        Team OS/2           Mean "Small & Limp"?

This is very very sad news and I encourage all who care to email SAMS
publishing with a thoughtful request to reconsider (address above in quoted
stuff).  On top of that, I was wondering if those who know David Moskowitz may
be able to persuade him to seek out another publisher, or to help him find
another publisher, in the event that SAMS sticks with it's current position to
not publish the book.  I know that I'll buy it, either off the rack or off
someone's Web page.  The Warp 3 version was incredibly invaluable to me.  It
helped me, as well as did the great folks who passed on advice in these
newsgroups and the great support for OS/2 on the net (what was then Gary
Hammer's Must Have site, the Warp Pharmacy, Stupid OS/2 Tricks, just too many
to recount here) through many trials and tribulations

In the end, I would hate to see David's current efforts not see the light of
day.


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Scott R. Eliason        scott-eliason@uiowa.edu
University of Iowa      http://www.avalon.net/~seliason