Comment Re:Kohala (Score 1) 266
Chris Siegler wrote:
"I just wish I'd written and thanked him a long time ago. RIP."
Very sad news. Stevens put a lot of himself into his books -- read
Prentice-Hall's interview with him, linked on his site. Stevens talks
about how he writes his books, and what his ideals are in that respect.
I took the opportunity to express my appreciation while visiting his
site recently; I'm glad I did.
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From: rstevens@kohala.com (W. Richard Stevens)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 01:13:45 -0700
[In your message of Aug 31, 8:06pm you write:]
> The bottom line is that your books are in my experience the best
> available -- I'm thinking of APUE, TCPIP Illustrated (v1 is all I've
> read of it), and UNP (I see v2 is out now -- I'll order it tomorrow!) I
> thoroughly enjoy reading your books; it's sort of a geek communion. :-)
Many, many thanks.
Rich Stevens
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"I just wish I'd written and thanked him a long time ago. RIP."
Very sad news. Stevens put a lot of himself into his books -- read
Prentice-Hall's interview with him, linked on his site. Stevens talks
about how he writes his books, and what his ideals are in that respect.
I took the opportunity to express my appreciation while visiting his
site recently; I'm glad I did.
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From: rstevens@kohala.com (W. Richard Stevens)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 01:13:45 -0700
[In your message of Aug 31, 8:06pm you write:]
> The bottom line is that your books are in my experience the best
> available -- I'm thinking of APUE, TCPIP Illustrated (v1 is all I've
> read of it), and UNP (I see v2 is out now -- I'll order it tomorrow!) I
> thoroughly enjoy reading your books; it's sort of a geek communion.
Many, many thanks.
Rich Stevens
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