My bad on the mid-cap drop; sorry. For TCL/ECL, maybe mvCommand or mvControl?
I didn't say it will be easy or even worthwhile for the experts; but, I think it must help in some way to be known as the gurus in this market (better billable rates, makes you more desirable as a consultant, etc.). If there are five authors (for five platforms) and they each write 20% of the book and that book has the potential of selling 5 times more (for five platforms instead of one), essentially, you are producing a book for 1/5 of the cost. I know we can really work these numbers so in the end it will cost nothing to write [like the days we work in a year]. I know it's still a tough sell, but, maybe even include some ad-supported areas within the book (as long as it doesn't compromise objectivity concerning the platforms). I think the major platform vendors should also contribute to get this done as it directly benefits them the most. Recently, I have moved away from the MultiValue market [not by choice]. I must say that I'd have a difficult time in getting any 'buy-in' though on what I still consider an incredibly powerful database due to almost a complete lack of visibility. How do you promote a technology that hasn't had a book based on it in quite a long time? If the platform vendors, tool and integration companies, etc. still believe that they have a good story to tell, it's time to ante up and place your bets already. Regards, Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clifton Oliver Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:19 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide Well, the terminology issue is something we (Spectrum magazine in particular) can promote since we are already committed to promoting the term MultiValue (note the mid-cap casing) and the MultiValue Logo. We just add such terms to our Style and Usage Guide and use them in the magazine. Side note: Is there any interest in us having our Style and Usage Guide available online? I'm interested in hearing what folks would find an acceptable term for TCL/ECL/etc. As to the idea of of a generic book, groups of experts, etc., that sounds like a fame and glory no profit Open Source kind of thing. A lot of the experts you might want to attract are dudes and dudettes trying to make a living. That goes back to some of Tony's comments. How could that be made worthwhile for said experts to forgo revenue producing time to produce a non-profit book? Considering some other Open Source documentation efforts, I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just challenging everyone to present detailed ideas for how it could be made to work. Regards, Clif On Mar 23, 2010, at 6:09 PM, James Canale, Jr. wrote: > I think it would be great do something like this. > > Multivalue Query [mvQuery] > Multivalue Basic [mvBasic] > Multivalue PROC [mvPROC] > > I also think it would be great if someone could write a piece of a book that > is very generic (keep it at a 20,000 foot view) which covers each major > topic area. Once complete, a group of experts-at-large in the various > flavors add platform specific details. When complete, one or more of the > know-it-alls [like some of the gurus on this list] combine the common parts, > while leaving the unique areas in place. Basically, a wiki to book > transformation. Many of the books sold today have two, three, and even more > authors (especially the technically oriented books). Something like this > could reduce the work required (just doing a piece of the whole) and > increase the potential market (supports most platforms) for sales. I see a > lot of talent on this list that can pull something like this off, it just > needs a great leader (and I see many of them here too). > > Regards, > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clifton Oliver > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:39 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide > > In Spectrum magazine, we use the term MultiValue Basic to talk about the > programming language in articles that are not platform specific. I put it in > the style and usage guide for just the reasons being brought up here. I > don't see any reason not to add other MultiValue generic terms. MultiValue > Query comes to mind. I'm open to suggestions about that and other terms. > Post them here, or if you'd rather not, just send them to me at > [email protected] (or my regular e-mail address). > > > Regards, > > Clif > > -- > Clifton Oliver, Managing Editor > International Spectrum Magazine > Spectrum Tel: +1 720 259 1356 > Clif's Direct Tel: +1 619 460 5678 > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
