Did No Starch contact you at all prior to the bundle?
I've always vaguely wondered about the economics of these bundles. As a consumer I love them, but I'm sure quite a few publishers and, more importantly, authors might feel like they devalue the content a bit too much.
This sounds so much like me. Please tell me you ordered RedHat CDs from CheapBytes as well!
I took a bit of an odd path after Slackware, running OpenBSD as a desktop OS. I used Window Maker, and one tangential benefit was that none of my friends knew how to use my computer, so couldn't muck around with it much.
I've always vaguely wondered about the economics of these bundles. As a consumer I love them, but I'm sure quite a few publishers and, more importantly, authors might feel like they devalue the content a bit too much.