Re: [OT] Old books

2016-02-21 Thread David Richards
Older texts don't seem to be that relevant anymore. These days, we use far fewer key strokes to produce something far simpler, intended to appeal to a wider audience that seems to struggle with anything too complex. The same could be said for the VB6 and java texts :) David "If we can hit that

Re: [OT] Old books

2016-02-21 Thread Greg Keogh
> > Recycling is probably more environmentally friendly than fires or > landfill. Some old paper stuff – Beethoven’s manuscripts for example, are > probably worth a lot of money. VB6 or Java books, not so much J > I'm pleased you're suggesting that VB6 will *not* have historical respect equal to

RE: [OT] Old books

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom P Sent: Saturday, 20 February 2016 9:54 AM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Old books Haha was hoping to avoid that if possible. Surely someone has a use for them. Or maybe n

Re: [OT] Old books

2016-02-19 Thread DotNet Dude
Anything general like design patterns or database design should have some interest at colleges or libraries On Saturday, 20 February 2016, Tom P wrote: > Does any one here know what I can do with old programming books? I > inherited most from family and friends and most are

Re: [OT] Old books

2016-02-19 Thread Greg Keogh
Sadly, I also did a purge a few months ago and 40kg of once impressive IT tomes are now landfill. It's just the way of things now -- *Greg* On 20 February 2016 at 09:53, Tom P wrote: > Haha was hoping to avoid that if possible. Surely someone has a use for > them. Or maybe

Re: [OT] Old books

2016-02-19 Thread Tom P
Haha was hoping to avoid that if possible. Surely someone has a use for them. Or maybe not lol On Saturday, 20 February 2016, Craig van Nieuwkerk wrote: > Winter is coming, they are good in the fire. > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Tom P

Re: [OT] Old books

2016-02-19 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
Winter is coming, they are good in the fire. On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Tom P wrote: > Does any one here know what I can do with old programming books? I > inherited most from family and friends and most are quite old, maybe 10-20 > years old. MFC c++, .Net 2.0, vb6,

[OT] Old books

2016-02-19 Thread Tom P
Does any one here know what I can do with old programming books? I inherited most from family and friends and most are quite old, maybe 10-20 years old. MFC c++, .Net 2.0, vb6, Java and so on. -- Thanks Tom