Hi Charles.

01-Aug-03 09:51:10, Charles Angelich wrote to Jasen Betts


 CA> 1237c8c89a87 c_echo

 CA> Hello Jasen -

 >>>>> How useful is that to the reader if even _you_ can't buy the
 >>>>> book?

 BB>>>> But you can buy the book, Charles. You just cannot buy it new.
 BB>>>> It's probably out of print.

 BB>>>> It's œ5.00 here as a used book.

 CA>>> Would you want a three page pamphlet that says "buy
this book"
 CA>>> as documentation for source code at your workplace? I don't want
 CA>>> it and I doubt anyone would want it.

 JB>> i didn't get the impression that bill was suggesting that... He
 JB>> would give them a copy of the book to go with the pamphlet.

 CA> No he would sell them book(s). One book at (for instance) General
 CA> Motors and everyone has to wait in line to get it so they can
 CA> decrypt a three page internal document? Ludicrous.

Depends how big GMs embedded systems lab is....

 CA> No, it was what I suggested. To find a book that IS in print and
 CA> available in the same country that feeds him and give up chasing a
 CA> non-existent book that is not available.

yeah but it's gota be suitable as well as in print.

 -=> Bye <=-

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