eff-bot Python book ... revisited
Ivan Van Laningham
ivanlan at callware.com
Sun Oct 31 14:14:55 EST 1999
Hi All--
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>
> Randall Hopper <aa8vb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Or is this really an electronic-only book (proprietary
> > format or viewing server). Hope not.
>
> for now, it works best if you treat it as an
> electronically distributed paper book. in
> other words, download and print. (a script
> archive, errata, and cover art will be posted
> within a few days).
It's an excellent book, and *cheap*. A traditional book would run you
$29.95 or thereabouts.
Admittedly, I plan to take it to Kinko's and get it double-sided and
bound, which probably wipes out most of the savings for me. But if you
want to 3-hole it and stuff it into a 3-ring binder, you save a bunch.
BTW, /F, thanks for letting us know that there will be cover art! I was
just about to take it for binding today, but decided to wait. My only
problem is that I bought the book from my work computer, and the only
color printer I have access to is here at home;-(
> <flame note="not directed to randall,
> and shouldn't be read by anyone made
> of flammable material">
>
> and before even more people start whining
> about me "betraying Python in itself, and
> especially its Unix roots," note that 1) this
> book wouldn't exist if it hadn't been for
> the eMatter initiative, 2) I only wrote the
> book, not the distribution software, and
> 3) Python was originally written on a Mac.
>
> in other words, future eff-bot guides will
> be available on Macs only!
>
> thanks. I feel better now ;-)
>
> </flame>
>
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh! Macs are the one platform I don't use! Nooooooooo!
(Now *I* feel better.)
I'm no fonder of Windows than the next UNIX bigot, but I have to use
Windows for *lots* of good reasons (my work demands it; the book I'm
writing demands it; scanners, CD writers, TV cards, etc. work better on
Windows; and on and on). Sure, my heart is in UNIX; I look at my NT
webserver, and if I don't reboot it every day it falls over. My Linux
machines have been up since the last power failure--123 days. There're
things to like and dislike about each one. And sometimes, it only makes
economic sense to start with a product that you know people will buy and
be able to use, & later use some of the profits to produce versions for
less popular platforms. So there.
So I'm fine with a Windows-only version for now. (And last time I
checked, the PDF viewer for Linux sucked; maybe that's changed by now,
maybe Adobe offers their own 4.0 viewer for Linux. ...)
My only real complaint is that I wish the book were licensed per person
instead of per machine. And that's not /F's fault.
<although-i'm-sure-that-plenty-of-things-are!>-ly y'rs,
Ivan;-)
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Ivan Van Laningham
Callware Technologies, Inc.
ivanlan at callware.com
ivanlan at home.com
http://www.pauahtun.org
See also:
http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html
Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70
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