RE: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-11 Thread Jef Lee
Dawn, On the http://www.tincat-group.com/mv/trilogy.html page, the SQL link: www-3.ibm.com/software/data/u2/mits doesn't work. Is there an update? Jef. --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-11 Thread Tony Gravagno
Dawn, I'm surprised to see the comments below from someone who spends a good amount of her time in academia. Bookstores are filled with technical books which supplement vendor documentation, much of it coming from educators who know the material as well or better than the vendors' writers. There

RE: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-11 Thread brian
.. and just so you know, the first part of the Learner pack accompanying the Incubator is a short step-by-step guidebook on starting your first UniVerse application (with apologies to the UDT guys on the list - for practical reasons that will probably follow very soon after). For once it tries

Re: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-11 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On 5/11/07, Tony Gravagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dawn, I'm surprised to see the comments below from someone who spends a good amount of her time in academia. Bookstores are filled with technical books which supplement vendor documentation, much of it coming from educators who know the

RE: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-11 Thread Marc Harbeson
www.mits.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jef Lee Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:01 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books? Dawn, On the http://www.tincat-group.com/mv/trilogy.html page

Re: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-11 Thread Eugene Perry
PM Subject: RE: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books? Gabe asked why are there no MV books in bookstores in print? (Weird that I didn't get the original note - forum flaky???) This question is asked in many forums over time, so I decided to write a blog entry on it. Comments always welcome

Re: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-11 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
, May 10, 2007 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books? I've never seen MV books in any bookstore. We've been a pretty well-kept secret. MV is hard to illustrate with words and/or drawings as itself is DOS-like and character based. Perhaps that's a stumbling block on create

[U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-10 Thread Thomas Derwin
Hi Gabe, Some quick thoughts: The Internet has dramatically reduced the need for printed materials, especially on fast-changing technical subjects. Even PC Magazine is a fraction of its former size. In the late '80s - early '90's (what I'd consider the heyday of Pick / MV so far), there were

RE: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-10 Thread Tony Gravagno
Gabe asked why are there no MV books in bookstores in print? (Weird that I didn't get the original note - forum flaky???) This question is asked in many forums over time, so I decided to write a blog entry on it. Comments always welcome:

Re: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-10 Thread MAJ Programming
to the reference manuals with not a whole lot of this is better than that. It seems to present everything on a equal basis. My 1 cent. - Original Message - From: Thomas Derwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:00 PM Subject: [U2] Re: Why

Re: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books?

2007-05-10 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:00 PM Subject: [U2] Re: Why are there no MV books? Hi Gabe, Some quick thoughts: The Internet has dramatically reduced the need for printed materials, especially on fast-changing technical subjects. Even PC