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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:09:53 -0700 (MST)
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From: Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Subject: Re: a non-original idea.
Cc: netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG,
        Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us>


On 16-Sep-98 Perry E. Metzger spoke unto us all:
#  
#  Mason Loring Bliss writes:
# > On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 05:32:28PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
# > > You know, we *could* just do a run of the existing manuals, if enough
# > > people would pay to buy paper copies.
# > 
# > Somehow, a dump of man pages wouldn't seem quite as sexy as a full-blown
# > book with a nice, glossy cover, a full-blown tutorial, and lots of
# > practical
# > information.

I think alot could be said for the idea of printing out manual pages (1,8,5,4)
and perhaps editing the faq into "chapters" instead of "answers"..

Note.. ability to write specificly set to "NO".

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