Over the years, the books in the bookstore have been a very accurate measure of what's popular. And I've noticed that they are also an accurate prediction of what's going to be popular...
I noticed that the number of books on VB is going way down while the number of books on Java is going way up. There are tons of books on HTML, XML, Java, JavaScript, etc... There are fewer and fewer books relating to the various MS technologies. I also think that public perception of M$ is going to turn more and more negative as time goes on. Americans are not big on the "Big Brother" approach that M$ is taking with Windows XP. As I understand it, if you change more than 5 things in your PC, M$ will know about it and in some cases, such changes will cancel your XP license and you'll have to purchase a new one. It's only a matter of time before the tide turns and a lot of people decide that enough is enough. Take a look at the bookstores selection of Linux books. Linux is the up-and-coming thing... Scott ==== "Richard S. Croy" wrote: > While I was in my local Borders books today, I counted > 35 -- yes, 35! -- separate titles of third-party books on > "Access." > > That says something . . . but I'm not sure what. > > -- > Richard S. Croy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l -- Scott ==== Scott J. Salisbury Matrix Data Systems / The R:Street Journal 5114 Point Fosdick Drive NW, Suite E-272 Gig Harbor, WA 98335-1733 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MatrixDataSystems.Com http://www.SeaNet.Com/~sjs Direct Line: 206-423-7679 Toll Free: 888-386-5040 Seattle: 206-448-7975 Tacoma: 253-444-5166 Fax: 305-425-0491 ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l
