Now shipping: Ross' "Security Engineering"

[Ian Jackson]

Jeff.Hodges@kingsmountain.com writes:
> Dunno if it's been available sooner in the UK, but in any case,
> Amazon now has it (I'd pre-ordered).  [...]

My apologies for being somewhat off-topic, but I'd just like to jerk
my knee: not everybody here may be aware that many people think Amazon
are bad, and are boycotting them.

Amongst the evil things they do:

* Gross patent abuse.  http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html

* `Accidentally' charge their regular customers *more*.
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/14504.html

* Send spam.  http://www.panix.com/~iayork/amazon.html

That's before we even get into arguments about on-line booksellers
putting bookshops out of business.  Pick another on-line merchant - at
least when you recommend one to other people in a forum like this one.

Thanks,
Ian.

PS: Just to reassure anyone who may have seen a similar message from
me elsewhere: I've promised myself not to point out Amazon's evilness
more than once a year in particular forum where it's off topic.
Instead, I'd encourage other people to do so when they see Amazon
recommended :-).  Help us stop evil Amazon from being the `default'.