Horst Herb wrote:
> > It's easy Dave, all that is needed is for one to have spent his/her years during
> > the RPC -> ORB revolution (with deaths such as ATLAS on the way) doing software
> > engineering! Ooops.....
> >
> > The Edwards/Orfali books aren't bad, despite the silly Martians all over the
> > place, but their technical content is quite good.
>
> I don't want to be rude, and I love to hold a book in my hands, but I believe that
>if you don't / can't publish a "standard" (or whatever) in a clearly understandable &
>complete form _online_ , you are lost.
This isn't the standard, it's just a way to learn about the technology. All the CORBA
standards are online AFAIK.
> Nowadays, in these very fast developing times, I don't buy books any more to get
>known with a topic. I "learn" the basics on the net, and if I consider it worth
>knowing, I might shop for a book on this topic just for the pure joy of reading it in
>the bathtub (definitely beats taking the monitor to the spa). I know that most fellow
>developers do the same. There are exceptions, but they are very rare.
I have to admit I rarely buy IT books anymore.
> Ivory tower programmers who still believe in papers and books as _primary_ (or even
>unique) distribution channel of knowledge have lost contact to reality.
I'm sitting in bed here with my 17" Mag CAD monitor on my lap typing...
- thomas beale
