Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-22 Thread Thom Brown
2009/11/22 Ivano Luberti > I read books about software products when I need to get introduced to > the whole picture: architecture, underlying technologies. > In this way I also understand what to search for when I need detailed > information or tip and tricks. > > > Well that's the problem i

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-22 Thread Ivano Luberti
I read books about software products when I need to get introduced to the whole picture: architecture, underlying technologies. In this way I also understand what to search for when I need detailed information or tip and tricks. Rikard Bosnjakovic ha scritto: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 18:10,

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Dave Coventry
2009/11/21 Yordan Radunchev : > Postgre have such a great (and helpful and wiling to share knowledge) > community and great on-line documentation for free. +1 > Books (content) tent to get old and more useless with every Postgre > update. If some one offers a book with lifetime support meaning th

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Rikard Bosnjakovic
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 18:10, Yordan Radunchev wrote: [...] > Why should one buy a book? Books are invaluable reading material when "number two" is due. Laptops and on line-documentation doesn't stand a chance in that particular case. Also, I prefer laying down in the sofa reading a book. Using

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Tim Landscheidt
Thom Brown wrote: >> So I bought this "book" thinking it was a PDF file which I am fine with. >> Its not. They download an .acsm file that will only work with their >> proprietary Windoze software. >> I am really angry with lulu.com about this. > I'm not sure I understand the purpose of them p

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Yordan Radunchev
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 08:37:45AM -0700, Bill Todd wrote: > The Adobe ebook reader is available for Windows and Mac. I thought Adobe > offered a Linux version too but apparently not. It is not Lulu's fault that > Adobe does not offer a Linux version of the ebook reader. > > Bill > > Alan Grusko

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread doug livesey
It IS their fault that they're selling DM books -- plenty of other publishers (like the Pragmatic Programmers) seem to make a living without assuming that all of their customers are thieves. I bought a book from them assuming it would be a PDF & was furious when it was that adobe thing. It may have

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Bill Todd
The Adobe ebook reader is available for Windows and Mac. I thought Adobe offered a Linux version too but apparently not. It is not Lulu's fault that Adobe does not offer a Linux version of the ebook reader. Bill Alan Gruskoff wrote: So I bought this "book" thinking it was a PDF file which I a

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Thom Brown
2009/11/21 Alan Gruskoff > > So I bought this "book" thinking it was a PDF file which I am fine with. > > Its not. They download an .acsm file that will only work with their > proprietary Windoze software. > > I am really angry with lulu.com about this. > > - Alan Gruskoff > I'm not sure I unders

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-20 Thread Alan Gruskoff
So I bought this "book" thinking it was a PDF file which I am fine with. Its not. They download an .acsm file that will only work with their proprietary Windoze software. I am really angry with lulu.com about this. - Alan Gruskoff On 11/20/2009 11:35 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2009-1