If your main incentive to write a book is financial gain, then I agree with your comments. If, it's to pool all knowledge in one location then I have to disagree with you, and I believe that to be the case with most Apache projects. Take Camel for example, there's a lot of good information out there, but I still bought the book, and it had a boatload of useful information. You're also implying that most framework/tech writers are only in it for the money...
Yiannis On 13 December 2010 15:19, Glen Mazza <glen.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are already two or three books available with Apache CXF, several > more if you consider the broader category of JAX-WS / SOAP or REST web > services. > > Perhaps a book is less indicated for CXF compared to other projects because > it implements specifications that are already defined elsewhere and > implemented on multiple projects as well. Also, there are multiple blogs on > web services and we have pretty good online documentation, at least compared > to other projects that do have such books. > > While Robert, being an author of multiple books himself, may be itching > himself to write another book--go to town, I say!--ultimately I have to take > issue with his premise that we "should" write a book. Most books are > notorious money-losers, the time put in vs. money derived from it in general > is very poor. People write books because they see it as a mountain they > want to climb, an additional accomplishment they wish to have under their > belt, something that gets them to avoid doing household chores from their > spouse--not for the negative financial benefits that such books normally > engender. Absent any desire to climb that mountain, it's best not to > bother. You can instead take a bunch of money out of your savings account > and burn it, as such an action would provide the same financial effect of > writing a book while taking far less time. > > Glen > > > > On 12/13/2010 09:35 AM, Craig Tataryn wrote: > >> I would suggest an eBook only CXF In Action book as the amount of trees it >> would take to properly cover CXF might increase CO2 levels drastically at a >> global level :) >> >> An authoritative reference manual would be great, I doubt though that any >> of the CXF committers could find the time to put the necessary energy and >> time into one, writing books is all consume from what I've heard. >> >> Craig. >> >> On 2010-12-13, at 8:25 AM, robert wrote: >> >> Here is what is currently being done with "ActiveMQ in Action"... >>> http://www.manning.com/snyder/. >>> >>> I think the same (MEAP effort) could be down for a "CXF in Action". >>> >>> -- Robert >>> >>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:46:41 -0300, Juan Pablo Pizarro >>> <juanpablo.piza...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Me too! >>>> >>>> 2010/12/13 Yiannis Mavroukakis<imavrouka...@gameaccountnetwork.com> >>>> >>>> Definitely. I'd buy. >>>>> >>>>> On 12 December 2010 03:28, robert<rob...@gliesian.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I think you guys should write a "CXF in Action" book... any plans for >>>>>> it? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Robert >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >
