I like FullSource [1] from Richard Birkby... It's only 2k to dowload :-) // B http://www.thundermain.com/code/FullSource.aspx ... From: Ethan J. Brown...
I'm sure I'm not alone feeling a great sense of loss and sadness this morning. Columbia is gone and it's just been announced that there's no hope of crew...
I love computer programmer "humor" if you ever start to wonder if maybe you're spending too much time behind the keyboard I've come up with a way to tell, with...
Eric Strain
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Feb 1, 2003 6:51 pm
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What I found most interesting (except that the life expectancy was only 47!), was that Engineers made over 10x what the average wage earner makes. ...
I agree with you about the loss. No words can express the loss and sadness caused due to the tragedy. They are indeed a great inspiration for us all. ... From:...
Take a look at XSL-FO. Its one of the technologies that can be used to convert a document from one format to another using Formatting Objects. There is an open...
A question for Chris Sells and several other authors who hang out here: If you guys don't mind sharing, if you submit a manuscript to say Addison-Wesley, and...
First off, don't submit a manuscript. Start discussing ideas, and write only after you get a contract. Your great idea may not be one that interests a...
I wonder who they think they're fooling. Anyone with even a mild interest in the source (who could actually understand it) could figure out a way around such...
I was part of a crew that published Wrox's Visual C++.NET: A Primer for C++ developers. I must say that this scenario with Wrox, with multiple authors was...
... You'd be surprised. I've demonstrated to my client the utter uselessness (from a security standpoint) of two different products they're using. I basically...
There is no money in books ever. You do it for the love. The trick is to never do the hourly wage calculation... Chris Sells http://www.sellsbrothers.com...
That's it in a Nutshell (shall we say) -)) ... Sam Gentile Microsoft .NET Consultant <http://www.samgentile.com/> http://www.samgentile.com/ Read my NEW...
Well, before we get TOO discouraging, I'll just note that I know a couple of authors who have pulled six-figure annual royalty checks from computer book sales....
Ok this is only vaguely related to the group. After years of reading news groups, web sites etc., I'm struggling to keep track of the things I've read and...
"The key is to have the best-selling [item] on a particular topic." I think that models works for lots of things. Chris Sells http://www.sellsbrothers.com ... ...
A recent thread re-emphasized that my life hasn't been complete without VMWare. I have a question for those of you who use it. Does anyone have VMWare...
... I have a laptop which I use at work and home, which significantly simplifies the model. However, I generally treat all my software with the "book" model: ...
Thanks for all the replies guys - discouraging or not. I'm just finishing up a white paper on my generic generative programming platform work. Currently it...
VMWare EULA: "VMware hereby grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable license, without rights to sublicense, to (i) make a number of copies of the Software...
Darn good title, and pretty good article ... http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20030201/FOCCOVE /Comment/comment/comment_temp/2/2/14/...
... That's too bad. I really like Visual Studio's license where its per user (on as many machines as you want - as long as only you are the one using it), or...
... They would license it to the company instead of the individual. I don't take licenses like this seriously, personally. There are certain rights that the...
Hello Everyone, Some of my colleagues have an ASP.NET application that can't seem to call methods on a COM object that works just fine in a Winforms...
... Agreed. I'm pretty serious about licensing as well. I don't run any software for which I didn't pay [1] the vendor. However, I'm consulting in distributed...