That will probably be up to OReilly, and their take on that appears to be
Safari. See their site for details.
Ted Neward
{ .NET && Java } Author, Instructor
http://www.javageeks.com
http://www.clrgeeks.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Siddharth Uppal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-ROTOR] Fresh chapters
> Hi,
>
> Will the whole book be made available electronically for free
> download?
>
> Thanks,
> Siddharth.
>
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 Geoff Shilling wrote :
> >Good points for sure. Thanks for the feedback. We will
> >certainly
> >consider these.
> >
> >Geoffs
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> > From: Gary Nutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:50 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [DOTNET-ROTOR] Fresh chapters
> >
> >
> >[Intended to be friendly comments -- I like the book]
> >
> >Interesting that (at least some) people are thinking that this
> >book is
> >mainly aimed at academia. As an academic and textbook author, I
> >think
> >it is aimed at the technical reference market -- O'Reilly's bread
> >and
> >butter.
> >
> >The trouble with omitting all motivation and context is that
> >readers
> >vary from those that know everything but the details (people who
> >already
> >have enough context to go straight to the heart of the matter),
> >to those
> >that know a related area and are trying to see what this is about
> >(they
> >want to see what is the same/different from something they know
> >about),
> >to those that are learning about the topic (runtime systems) for
> >the
> >first time.
> >
> >For the Stutz, et al Rotor book, those that are not on this inner
> >circle
> >of thought will have to be brought up to speed with some kind
> >of
> >supplementary material before they can harvest the content with
> >ease.
> >Textbook authors do this with a quick description of the space,
> >issues,
> >and approach, then use references when they don't want to spend
> >more
> >time creating the context. In this sense, the draft materials
> >that I
> >have read do not provide much context, e.g., there are no
> >references
> >(not even to web pages). Of course this is perfect for those in
> >the
> >inner circle of the topic who just want to know more about how
> >THIS code
> >works; but it is an annoyance to people who know the area, but
> >not much
> >about the target technology; and a real problem for readers
> >trying to
> >learn the topic (like many academic readers). Even as an
> >advanced
> >textbook (very small market), this book would need more context
> >to be
> >widely acclaimed.
> >
> >Gary
> >
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Michael H.C. Cummings wrote:
> >
> > > I would always think that the that part is written for the
> >person who
> > > is browsing the bookstore, like at a Borders, and already has
> >heard of
> >
> > > .Net but not necessarily about ROTOR. That section can then
> >give them
> > > some idea of why they might want to look into it further,
> >especially
> > > by using your book ;).
> > >
> > > Although your book's target audience is mainly academia, they
> >won't be
> >
> > > the only ones to buy it. The question there is; is that sector
> >of the
> > > market large enough to warrant more elaboration. I would think
> >so.
> > >
> > > Michael Cummings
> > > Director
> > > DawnTreaders, Inc.
> > >
> > > (610) 892-8945 Phone
> > > (610) 892-8991 Fax
> > >
> > >
>
