Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!apollo!oj From: oj@apollo.COM (Ellis Oliver Jones) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: O'Reilly X Books Message-ID: <3e99a420.d5b2@apollo.COM> Date: 21 Sep 88 13:21:00 GMT References: <469@pan.UUCP> <137@tityus.UUCP> <1625@daisy.UUCP> <1165@ora.UUCP> <3611@encore.UUCP> <479@pan.UUCP> Reply-To: oj@canyon.UUCP (Ellis Oliver Jones) Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA Lines: 19 Like several others, I've seen Adrian Nye's books evolve from early drafts to their present finished form. I think the finished product is very well done. It certainly meets the need of making Xlib accessible to a larger audience, and I hope it'll contribute substantially to the success of X. Adrian Nye and Tim O'Reilly took a risk by releasing the early versions: problems in beta can generate bad reviews and cut into the success of the product. However, they took the risk because they wanted (like many others) to do their part to see X succeed. Now it's time for people to READ these and other :-) books, and WRITE some really creative and useful application software (and I don't mean YAWM -- Yet Another Window Manager!) /Ollie Jones (speaking for myself, not necessarily for Apollo Computer, Inc.) (I don't have any financial stake in O'Reilly's success; some even say I'm their competitor.)