Re: A WTF in the Oracle reference...

<thomas.kyte_at_oracle.com> wrote in message news:1138286471.434087.197630_at_f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Joel Garry wrote:
>> thomas.kyte_at_oracle.com wrote:
> ....
>>
>> And now some publishers are even trying to get you to pay for the
>> privilege: http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/faq.csp
>>
>> Yet Another Reason To Prefer Certain Authors.
>
> Well, that should really be "prefer certain PUBLISHERS", this isn't
> really in the hands of the authors (not much is, believe me :)
>
> <quoted from that link>
> You can read it online, download as a PDF, or print. Once you've
> purchased a Rough Cuts title, you have a chance to shape the final
> product - you can send suggestions, bug fixes, and comments directly to
> the author and editors.
> </quote>
>
> They figured out how to get the reviewers to PAY THEM instead of the
> other way around!
>
>>
>> jg
>> --
>> @home.com is bogus.
>> "I've got the MCSA/MCSE Training Kit, but recently I've found numerous
>> errors, so many that I was sent a free Press Kit book, for submitting
>> all of the errors I had found." -
>> http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/06/01/25/0041257.shtml
>

looks like it's time for me to release my Tough Cuts ERP project ;-)

"You can use it online, download the binaries, or print the screens. Once you've
purchased a Tough Cuts module, you have a chance to shape the final product - you can send suggestions, bug fixes, and comments directly to the project manager and marketing reps."

sorry -- shoulda posted in marketplace :-(

++ mcs Received on Thu Jan 26 2006 - 09:48:41 CST