Subj : Solaris
To   : Lawrence Garvin
From : David Drummond
Date : Mon Oct 30 2000 10:53 am

Lawrence

29 Oct 00 14:59, Lawrence Garvin wrote to William McBrine:

 LG> The BOOK was based on the SHIPPING version contained within the book. 
 LG> The book plainly is labelled with the notation of what version is 
 LG> contained within - and presumably so because it has some marketing 
 LG> value. As such, I content that the version shipping with the book as 
 LG> of the copyright date was the lastest version available at that time 
 LG> -- else.. the book would have shipped with a later version... No?

Books rarely ship with the latest version of anything. It takes so long to put 
the book together, and publish it, that the software has often move forward one 
or more versions...

Regards,
David

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