Open Source Book a Collective Effort

Hairy1 writes "The New Zealand Open Source Society has begun a project to write a book to put the case for open source use in business and government. There is a need for a book which clearly puts the case for using open source, and provides a clear migration plan. Already five authors and several reviewers have stepped forward to commit time to writing the book. However, other authors and reviewers would be welcome to join the project."

Comments

Re:I don't want to sound like a troll but

[Lu Xun]

With enough eyes, all stylistic errors are transparent.

A Book That Is A Living Example of O.S.

[SN74S181]

This book, of course, will need to be bound in loose-leaf format. Businessmen who are given a copy of it will need to turn it in every few days to a maintainer who will pull out the pages that have changed and update them. Firms that keep several copies of the book in their library will have to hire a maintainer to pore over Usenet each day and read of new 'exploits' and bugs.

Bookstores that sell it will have to keep a working printing press on the premesis so that people who want to examine the printing plates, tweak the rollers and possibly print a copy with a different color of ink can be allowed to do so.

Kozmo

[t0ny]

An open-source book on open source... that reminds me of Kramer's Coffee Table book about coffee tables.