Press Release
July 11, 2000
O'Reilly Titles Sweep Computer Industry Awards
Sebastopol, CA--The Computer Press Association (CPA) has awarded top
honors to
PalmPilot: The
Ultimate Guide, 2nd Edition, by David Pogue, and
The Cathedral & the
Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by
an Accidental Revolutionary, by Eric S. Raymond. "The Cathedral &
the Bazaar" was awarded the Computer Press Association's Best Nonfiction
Computer Book, and "PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide, 2nd Edition" won in
the Best Advanced How-To Book category.
With an overwhelming vote, O'Reilly's Java books also claimed the top
four spots on the 2000 Java Developers Journal Readers' Choice Awards:
What the judges of the CPA 2000 Awards said about "PalmPilot: The
Ultimate Guide, 2nd Edition":
"This book earns the title 'ultimate guide' by its comprehensive
approach to the total Palm environment--on its own, communicating with
a Mac or Windows computer, or online. The extensive information is well
organized and based on things you would want to do with your Palm,
rather than on features of the instrument. Graphics, subheads, and
sidebars also help organize the text, and the conversational style
gives it the feel of a tutorial from a knowledgeable friend."
What the judges of the CPA 2000 Awards said about "The Cathedral & the
Bazaar": "This book is itself an example of the innovative ideas it
discusses. The printed edition is perhaps only a convenient-to-read
version of the text, which is constantly being revised online. The
author is in constant dialogue with other members of the open source
community and revises his work based on new developments and insights
from others. A fascinating read that provides a philosophical analysis
of the hacker world and the open source movement, and shows how
profoundly they affect the world at-large. Written from an expert
technical viewpoint without excluding the intelligent reader whose
technical roots aren't as deep."
About O'Reilly
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
Return to: O'Reilly Press Room
|
Recent Press Releases
Press Release Archive »
Resources
Press Contacts
Corporate
Sara Winge
800/998-9938 x7109
Media Relations - North America
Sara Peyton
800/998-9938 x7118
Media Relations - Germany
Corina Pahrmann
+49-221-973160-22
Media Relations - Japan
Kenji Watari
+81-3-3356-5227
Media Relations - United Kingdom
Josette Garcia
+44 (0)1252-721284
Media Relations - Conferences
Maureen Jennings
800/998-9938 x7083
|
