[BSDCert] Open Source degrees

[chris]

Richard Bejtlich wrote:

>On 2/23/06, chris <christiaan.theron at virgin.net> wrote:
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>>>- pay people? Putting a book together is a lot of work and time away from
>>>  the day job that feeds the family
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>>An advance from the publisher or royalties.
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>It doesn't sound like you have tried living off of royalties before! 
>Developers paid by the community to code software make far, FAR more
>than authors of technical books.
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Ok, richard you are very welcome to make a suggestion on how to pay people!

>It could take a year or longer to write a good book.  Royalties or an
>advance might pay 2-4 months of expenses, maximum.  Technical authors
>do not write for the money. :)
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>Richard
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