On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 16:39, Steve Garcia wrote: > I'm all for folks making as much money as they can.
Writing a book about Maven is not going to be a making making endeavour. I too am certainly not against making money but that's not the primary reason for writing the book. > Why does Maven's product necessitate documentation in book form when other > advanced tools and API's can be satisfactorily summed up online? Because the book provides an opportunity for people like me to work with people who have years of experience writing. Having a book being published definitely provides a lot of motivation for me plus working with good editors ensures that what you are trying to convey actually means something to your target audience. > The source itself is not well > documented and rationales for design patterns (which are not usually put in > the source) are mostly in people's head. In most cases yes, and the book also provides an opportunity to lay those ideas down. -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
