On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 10:03:09AM -0600, Mike808 wrote: > > Joe Brenner wrote: > > > Spend only $4 more, and you too can show your disgust for > > > software patents. > > Worth every penny.
I'm against frivolous patents myself. It harms the industry and could even be detrimental to mod_perl or Apache if either is found to infringe upon such a patent. However, please read the following articles before you boycott. The first is an open letter from Jeff Bezos, the second is a fairly lengthy article on the subject by Tim O'Reilly. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/misc/patents.html http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/patent_reform_0300.html > And AllBookstores.com is now offering it at the same price as Amazon. > So now it doesn't cost me anything to show my disgust for software and > business model patents. As for the Amazon kickback, well, you have a > sucky publisher for not giving you more of your directly generated sales. Well, sometimes you have to take what you can get... Please note that it did take some convincing to get this thing published. No one seemed to believe that there is a market for mod_perl books. I am hoping that this book is a success. Not only for the obvious altruistic reasons, but also for mod_perl itself. It's sometimes depressing going into a bookstore to find shelf-upon-shelf of Java-web books -- against a puny outcrop of mod_perl related tomes... So, to reiterate. Buy your copy whichever way suits you best. Amazon or not. In either case a big THANK YOU to all... We wouldn't even be having this discussion if it wasn't for this wonderful community. -- Paul Lindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ||||| | | | | | | | | | mod_perl Developer's Cookbook http://www.modperlcookbook.org Human Rights Declaration http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/index.htm
