Re: Establishing "The GNOME Press?"

[jg pa dec com (Jim Gettys)]

Back of the envelope...

But your envelope is probably better than mine.

Either way, it means the market is probably 2X bigger than they think it
is...
		- Jim

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> From: Bart Decrem <bart eazel com>
> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:00:17 -0800
> To: Jim Gettys <jg pa dec com>
> Cc: pat eyler <p_eyler hotmail com>, aaron ximian com,
>         foundation-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Establishing "The GNOME Press?"
> -----
> Jim Gettys wrote:
> 
> > I expect O'Reilly will be interested.  We should encourage publication
> > via publishers who have good distribution channels world-wide.
> >
> > I also think that educating the publishers that Linux desktops outnumber
> > the traditional workstation desktops by a large factor is also needed.
> 
> Jim - where do you get that from?  By my estimates, the number of Linux
> desktops is in the same ballpark as the number of traditional workstation
> desktops.
> 
> Bart
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > I don't think an exclusive arrangement is healthy: but the idea of the
> > use of the logo if it gets reviewed in some fashion appeals to me.
> >                                 - Jim
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