I don't disagree, but it doesn't appear that your responding to the points I was trying to make. I was probably unclear or rambling.
If an author (and presumably certain contacts at a publisher) are under a NDA they can probably collaborate together to write a book w/o an NDA violation. But, they probably cannot send the book to a "print shop" while it still contains NDA-related information. So, they have to wait until the product is released (AKA NDA information becomes public) before sending it to print. The process of getting the books printed and circulated to book stores takes time, and as such books do not hit the shelves at the same time as the software is released. In the case of Flex 2, where all information was public, I would not expect a publisher to send the book to print until the official product release, because they want to make sure the book contains correct information (in an ideal world). At 07:28 PM 7/14/2006, you wrote: > > You're probably right. > > However, due to various NDAs and etc... I don't think a > > book can actually "go to press" until the product is > > officially released. > > That is why their is a 30-60 day delay before the books > > start hitting the shelves. > > > > ( Since Flex 2 betas were available for free on Labs, > > traditional NDA issues regarding betas may not apply; however > > since the publisher wants to be 'right' and betas are subject > > to change it is unlikely they'll go to press before a gold > > release of the software ) > >Even with private betas, if you tell the beta coordinators that you're >writing a book on the product, they'll typically go out of their way to help >you - get you on the beta, provide you with unreleased nightly builds, etc. > >Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >http://www.figleaf.com/ -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> Now Blogging at <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:37/messageid:2999 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:37 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
