On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Dave Littell wrote:

> Awesome! I'm looking forward to this one! Will it be aimed at

I hope it lives up to your expectations. The feedback I've received
so far has been very encouraging, so fingers crossed...

> Solaris 9 or 10? I guess the summer timeframe is when 10 is to be

I cover stuff up to (and including) Solaris 9 12/02, which unfortuanely
means that goodies like libumem and stuff in S10 had to be left out.
One of the problems with writing a book like this is that you have to
draw the line somewhere, otherwise it'll never be finished! I did
try to squeeze in a mention about libumem, but it's not a small subject
that could be covered in a page or two. Rather than covering it poorly,
I decided to leave it out.

Besides, I need to save something for the 2nd and subsequent editions. :-)

> let out of the barn, so I was wondering if your book will include

S10 still hasn't started its Beta program, so judging by the length
of the S9 Beta, S10 won't hit FCS until nearly the end of this year.
So S9 will be the "current" release when my book hits the streets,
which is nice considering how long it's taken me to write (about 3
years)!

> topics like dtrace, etc.

Alas no, for the reasons above.

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