On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Aaron Ardiri 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.
>
> i did not say they should charge for the API's! - of course not..
> what i said was that they are loosing money by having it in a
> format which is easially printable.
I guess I am missing the point on why PDF is not easily printable.
But, since you aren't advocating charging for the API, my quarrel is done
:)
> if they had a HTML version - people can print it.. but it takes
> THEIR time, hence they will probably go buy the book.
Doesn't 3Com point to a place where you can get printed API manuals for a
fee? I have never used them, so I can not say what the
price/quickness/etc. is...
> > By let the general public have (free) access to the API docs, it in a way
> > encourages development.
>
> HTML is free.
So is Adobe Acrobat Reader ;-) (But not to start a religous war here on
readers, my above stated was more meant to encompass the whole API, not
just the docs).
> i guess for now, we are stuck with PDF (which i personally dont like,
> so i just grep the .h files now - much more effective)..
Personally, I rarely use the PDF files, and use a Windows Helpfile that
contains the OS 2 API (I think I got it off RoadCoders).
James Lee, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Seahorse Software, http://www.seahorsesoft.com/
