[Web4lib] When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth

Sharon Foster fostersm1 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 13 13:47:36 EDT 2007


Ah, but for how long? ;-)

I should have attached a warning for language. If anyone is easily
offended, please don't read the story itself. The real news was the
free e-publication.

On 7/13/07, Cary Gordon <listuser at chillco.com> wrote:
> AFAIK, they still do... <g>
>
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> To: Robert Stacy; Tracy Foster; Ramona Harten; publib at webjunction.org;
> web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth
>
> "When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth", by Cory Doctorow, has won the Locus Award
> for best novelette of 2007, and publisher Baen Books has done precisely what
> the market demands of a high-quality, highly desired item - it's giving it
> away - just as it has been doing with many of Doctorow's works. Doctorow is
> one of the founders of the blog BoingBoing.net, and an advocate of Creative
> Commons and other alternatives to copyright.
>
> http://baens-universe.com/articles/When_Sysadmins_Ruled_the_Earth
>
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Sharon M. Foster, B.S., J.D., 0.5 * (MLS)
F/OSS Evangelist
Cheshire Public Library
104 Main Street
Cheshire, CT  06410
http://www.cheshirelibrary.org
My library school portfolio: http://home.southernct.edu/~fosters4/

Any opinions expressed here are entirely my own.


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