I haven't bought an old pick book by Jonathan Sisk for weeks. If Jon printed,
or released existing books, however old to Kindle, I'd buy. This goes for you
too, Tony. You write well.
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:39:18 -0700
> Subject: Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide
>
> I don't know where to put this note in this thread so I'll reply
> to my friend Jon...
>
> What amazes me is that the Pick/MV community seems to be so
> "anti-book" and "pro-everything-should-be-free", and this is why
> we haven't seen any new books in this industry for so many years.
> And yet the fondness and passion for Jon's works seems to be
> timeless.
>
> If people in this community expressed serious interest in new
> books and other education material for MV, we'd have them. Heck,
> a windbag like me can cough up a few hundred pages in a weekend.
> And with a windbag like Jon, well, we could crank out a book over
> a session at Starbuck's. ;)
>
> I've blogged and written forum postings about the lack of books
> in this market:
> remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com/blog/tech/mv/2007/05/mvbooks1.html
> All we really need is some sense of visible community commitment
> and I'm sure we would see new/modern books for Pick/MultiValue
> just like Linux, SQL Server, PHP, Java, C#, Excel, and hundreds
> of other technical topics - not just from me or maybe Jon but
> from many other qualified authors in this community.
>
> Look at it this way, a lack of MV books can cost you your job, so
> it may be worth it to support efforts like this. If your company
> is acquired and/or you get a new CTO, you may hear: "What is
> this? I can't find a single book on this. We need to replace this
> with something mainstream." Help foster the creation of a wealth
> of material and that battle of this war will no longer need to be
> fought.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Tony Gravagno
> Nebula Research and Development
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