Not to belabor the issue, but for this to be a bogus or scam operation doesn't necessarily implicate this publisher of high repute, with whom I've made my peace.  The authors submitting this draft didn't arrive with much bio in my inbox, i.e. I know nothing that would certify them as Pythonista insiders, so if they were plants, here to discredit Python by saying IDLE is Windows only, there's nothing Thomson has to do about it, except watch.

Anyway, I don't think there's much purpose to all this paranoia (and yes, I'm the one who stirred it up in the first place).  I usually rely on Arthur to come out with the dark motives hypotheses.  Now we know that, left to my own devices, I'm able to auto-generate same.

Kirby


On 1/17/06, w chun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if it's the thomson book, i don't think it's a fraud, but i don't
think it will be received well.  i had to negotiate for a higher rate
in exchange for "my opinion."  i mentioned the shortcomings the book
had, and gave them *my* idea of what such a book should be like, and
just pointed them to "Core Python."  :-)  then they conveniently
forgot to pay me..., no wait, it was an "error in the accounting
dept," which they fixed, and finally sent across the pond.  the main
problem is that they are so many good books on the market now, that i
don't see any reason why anyone should buy it much less publish it.

cheers,
-wesley
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