I am impelled to say something in Elan's defense here. As the publisher of
several hundred books and author of over 80, I can tell you that book
publishing is an oftentimes tedious, always very complicated process with
numerous levels to be achieved and resolved. Sometimes the public does not
Unfortunately, vaporware is every where.
I ordered
a book on Python from Amazon in August, and just got
it. It is worth the wait, however. The authors
indicated both that the publisher tends to jump
the gun, and that they were held up by delays
in Windows 2000. Life is a chain of contingencies!!
