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From: Paul Morrison <74720.2367@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Copies of "Flow-Based Programming"
Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736)
Date: 24 Jun 1998 18:05:37 GMT
Message-ID: <6mrf5h$qd9$1@encore.ece.cmu.edu>

Greetings!		

My book "Flow-Based Programming: A New Approach to Application
Development" came out in 1994.  Since then, approximately 600 copies
have been sold out of a run of 1000.  It has now been declared out of
print by the group (ITCP)  that took over the original publisher, van
Nostrand Reinhold.  It seems that ITCP is itself being closed down,
and the people charged with this task wish to free up space in the
company warehouse in Kentucky, as soon as possible.  I have ordered
100 copies, so that I can act as a supplier if and when requests come
in for my book, and they are letting me have them for approximately
$3.00 each.   If you or your organizations want copies, I have their
agreement that they can be obtained for a similar price.  The
successors to ITCP are willing to send out copies, so long as stocks
last.  This seems preferable to having the remaining books turned into
landfill!   Since the books would otherwise be destroyed, naturally I
do not expect to make any money on any copies you order.  However, any
orders should come in to me no later than the middle of next week (say
the 24th of June, 1998).   

Could you therefore let me know if you or your organizations would be
interested in obtaining some copies of Flow-Based Programming, and I
will pass on your requests to the people disposing of the inventory.
It seems to me that this book could be used as reference material, or
as the basis for a course.   This is a technology whose popularity
seems to be growing steadily.   I am compiling a growing list of
products which seem to embody the same principles, some of which
reference my work, and others which were apparently developed
independently.   John Cowan (who I am copying in this note) has
implemented many of the concepts of FBP in Java in a product which he
plans to make available over the net, so my book could be considered a
text-book for this product. 
 
If you or your organization cannot make use of a few copies, perhaps
you know of one which can.  If so, could you please pass this note on
to them?  I look forward to hearing from you, 

Best regards,

Paul M.
-- 
J. Paul Morrison

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