Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (root@s5-03.ppp.op.net [209.152.195.67]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA91404; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 20:31:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) Received: (from maillist@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.9.0/8.9.0) id UAA14644; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 20:02:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <199910130002.UAA14644@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book In-Reply-To: <4.1.19991013011938.00a80e50@mail.a2000.nl> from gravity at "Oct 13, 1999 01:27:29 am" To: gravity Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 20:02:35 -0400 (EDT) CC: Oliver Elphick , PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL-documentation X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL56 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I agree on this particular item BUT... > > wouldn't it be nice if the book would be a 'hard' book? > there already are lots of database tutorials, introductions to sql etc. > > focus on db developers, go into (maybe not that deep) how and why postgres > is/was developed the way it is/was. > > 'hard' books are a 'good thing' (tm) and it would be too bad if this would > become another entry-level booklet. > > OTOH an entry-level book is probably required to get as big a user-base as > possible. Publishers have already talked to me about multiple books. I think we need to start with an newbie book, with the chapters clearly arranged so experienced people can skip newbie chapters. -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026