As some of you already know, if you have a new person either in management or development in a U2 (or other Pick) shop, you can have them read my little MultiValue Trilogy at
http://www.tincat-group.com/mv/trilogy.html These are "flash cards" and they were written with readers to help with quality. My blog effort has also been a book-in-progress, of sorts, although I have set it aside for the time being to start a software project. It is a little dated and geared to D3, but Sisk's book on BASIC is also online at http://jes.com/pb/index.html I do have quite a few Pick books from days gone by on my shelf and after checking Jon's site, I see he has some for sale. I suspect that someone would write another one if there were a market for it, but the vendors all have documentation and the user exchanges, such as u2-users, help get folks the rest of the way. It is neither mainstream enough nor difficult enough to prompt someone to write a new book, I suspect. Additionally, the various Pick vendors have mostly gone their separate ways on client-server and there are many third-party products, so other than the basics of Data BASIC and the Pick data model, most of the information needed is vendor-specific at this point, I suspect. Cheers! --dawn On 5/10/07, MAJ Programming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 a book that's easy to read. Most books that I've come across are similar 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 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 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 several books in print. Someone posted this link > to Jonathan Sisk's Pick Publications Database not long ago: > www.jes.com/picklist.html > > Many Pick / MV database installations are a "behind the scenes" part of > software packages, so end-users might not feel the need for reference > books. > > Hopefully others can comment on the state of the MV market. > > Regards, > Tom > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/10/07 11:30 AM >>> > Can I ask a silly question--why are there no MV books in bookstores in > print? > > Anyone want to write one? ;-) > > Is the MV market expanding, shrinking, or staying stagnant? Does IBM > plan > to really start promoting U2 or is it just something they acquired to > get a > few large customers? Anybody? > > Gabe
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