Prizes form FSM-2: Qmail Quickstarter

FSM guys have kept me waiting for a long time. I even tried mailing them a couple of times. But compared to many other Indian magazines, they have a prompt customer relationship department. My copy of "Qmail Quickstarter" was shipped from Birmingham, UK. It arrived yesterday, in all its glory. Moreover, I got my laptop yesterday after nearly a month of keeping it at the service center. I'll write about that later. Meanwhile, watch this space...

Gifts from the Free Software Magazine

Free Software Magazine was always one of my favourite e-zines, until they decided to drop the PDF version of their magazine. That, I saw, as a very bad move. Yet, I continued to enjoy the magazine, not frequenting it as often as before, and reading it only through their monthly newsletter.

One day, as usual at the college, I came around their newsletter announcing an article entitled "The LUG is Dead"  how true, I thought. I had this same notion for sometime, and kept raising this issue in our LUG. Only people were too engrossed in the community news that they never gave it a serious thought.

On the other day, I got a mail announcing that my comment to the article had been selected for their book winner competition. Cool, eh?

My prizes were a copy of "Practical Packet Analysis" AND a copy of "Qmail Quickstarter".

My first book arrived by mail the other day (11^th August, 2007), via USPS. The package was posted from US on 2^nd (or so the cover says), and reached me here in India on 11^th! I should say, these yankees sure know how to do keep their customers happy.

This is the first book I own from No Starch Publications. I just lovvveee them!

Eagerly awaiting Qmail Quickstarter...