Thread: Congrats Peter
Peter, I see why you've been quiet on the lists for a while. http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3826613376/qid=1068391203/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_11_2/028-9908451-4322115 -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 03:52:07PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > Peter, > > I see why you've been quiet on the lists for a while. > > http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3826613376/qid=1068391203/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_11_2/028-9908451-4322115 Congratulations, Peter! :) Cheers, D -- David Fetter david@fetter.org http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote!
Josh Berkus wrote: > I see why you've been quiet on the lists for a while. > > http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3826613376/qid=1068391203/sr=2- >2/ref=sr_2_11_2/028-9908451-4322115 Actually, I did this book last year. I'm preparing a new one right now. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
> Actually, I did this book last year. I'm preparing a new one right now. > > -- > Peter Eisentraut > http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ Are there English language editions of your books? Merlin
Merlin Moncure wrote: > Are there English language editions of your books? The last one can conveniently be read online at <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/index.html>. :) The German version is online at <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/pg_handbuch/html/index.html>. (For those who don't get it, the book that Josh pointed out is a German translation of the PostgreSQL 7.4 documentation.) -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 08:54:17PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > (For those who don't get it, the book that Josh pointed out is a German > translation of the PostgreSQL 7.4 documentation.) Oh yeah, this was announced or publicized at some Linux congress in Germany some time ago IIRC. You even posted a link to some photos. I'm still wondering how much time it took you to do the translation of the documentation, to estimate if it would be possible to do it myself. Has had the book good sales? -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>) "Cómo ponemos nuestros dedos en la arcilla del otro. Eso es la amistad; jugar al alfarero y ver qué formas se pueden sacar del otro" (C. Halloway en La Feria de las Tinieblas, R. Bradbury)
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > I'm still wondering how much time it took you to do the translation > of the documentation, to estimate if it would be possible to do it > myself. 3 months working full-time > Has had the book good sales? I think so. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/