Lets see I just spent 50.00 for a book on ajax, 80 for a book on real estate accounting, 50 for a book on netbeans. Of course, I would spend money on a book about Pick/U2/mvBasic on Cache.
I WOULD however exclude one author even if they gave the book away - so let us see the authors first. george > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Barouch > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [U2] UniData 7.1 vs. MS SQL 2005 performance > > Robert, > There is a firmly held belief that if > books were available, that we, as a group, are too cheap to buy them. Clif > Oliver (who ran this list for 9 years) used to edit a Pick series of > O'Reilly. When I contacted Tim O'Reilly about a year ago, proposing new MV > books, he said that he'd love to, but he can't afford to lose that kind of > money. > If you want books, we need to commit > to publishers. I'm sure Brian would be willing to put up a sign-up sheet > on U2UG.org, so we can submit a list of people who promise to buy at least > one copy if a publisher will print a new book. I think a pre-order of 1K > copies would get us some traction. Are we willing to spend $15 to $50 a > piece for a new U2 book? I don't think they'll have trouble finding > willing writers. > > -- > Charles Barouch > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Consulting > (718) 762-3884x1 > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
