From: Jay Thorne
To: ask_tim@oreilly.com
Subject: Open Source Software
Tim,
Are you planning to expand the open source side of your published titles in response to the recent new wave of popularity? If so, I need a revised edition of the Javascript book, since it has become a moving target in recent months with the release of the mozilla source to the public.
Have you thought of "annotated source" CD/Book packages? Mozilla Source on CD, Build instructions, and all that? Similarly for other systems as they are opened up?
--Jay
Jay,
We are most definitely doing more open source books. We have an aggressive publishing program in the works. We're not ready to announce some of these books, though. We prefer to announce books when we're pretty sure of the publication date. It keeps people from getting their hopes up and then dashed if the date gets extended.
--Tim
