James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Aaron Ardiri wrote:
>
>> first of all, if i wanted to print the docs out - i would buy
>> a book. 3com hurt themselves by having a PDF version.. they
>> should make money from the docs - but now everyone can download
>> and in two seconds.. get a book..
>
>I disagree with this comment. I do not think 3Com/Palm should be making
>money off of the docs. This is a mistake that Royal (the DaVinci peoples)
>made.. they are charging for their API, at least they were.. I have never
>checked back again.
>
>By let the general public have (free) access to the API docs, it in a way
>encourages development.
>
I think Aaron's point is not to charge for any access to the documentation,
just for nicely printed versions. The online-readable (i.e. HTML)
documentation would be freely available, but 3com would sell printed copies
instead of giving away the PDF format.
Ben
