User: purplehays

(Neal Stepnenson has) Been there, done that.

On: "Big Publishing's Worst Nightmare"

How many of you downloaded "In the beginning was the Command Line" from www.cryptonomicon.com? {raises hand}

How many of you bought a non-virtual print copy also? {raises hand}

How many of you bought more than 1 print copy? {raises hand}

Amazon.com sales rank 1,587 (not too shabby for a book that can be downloaded for free).

Plus, the downloaded file is text, not PDF (yack!)

BTW, if you didn't get to raise your hand even once, then I encourage you to download and/or buy. .. Just not at Amazon.com