Comments on: The Programming Book Graveyard http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/06/the-programming-book-graveyard/ "Hello World" - The SlickEdit Developer Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:18:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: peter http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/06/the-programming-book-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-486 peter Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:45:11 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=236#comment-486 What bittersmart said. I remember Michael Kaplan had a post about an out-of-print book he wrote about Windows Unicode that was fetching hundreds of dollars for a used copy on Amazon. If the problem was simple enough to be answered by a simple google search, you wouldn't see that. I've had similar experiences dealing with legacy COM issues-- thank god one of my coworkers kept the books. What bittersmart said.

I remember Michael Kaplan had a post about an out-of-print book he wrote about Windows Unicode that was fetching hundreds of dollars for a used copy on Amazon. If the problem was simple enough to be answered by a simple google search, you wouldn’t see that.

I’ve had similar experiences dealing with legacy COM issues– thank god one of my coworkers kept the books.

]]> By: bittersmart http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/06/the-programming-book-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-485 bittersmart Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:28:31 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=236#comment-485 If you ever need/want to work with those pre-2005 technologies again, you'll need the books. The internet is more transient now than it was in the 90's. If you ever need/want to work with those pre-2005 technologies again, you’ll need the books. The internet is more transient now than it was in the 90′s.

]]> By: paines http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/06/the-programming-book-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-483 paines Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:54:02 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=236#comment-483 Nice read. Thanks mate. You spoke out of my mind. Best regards paines Nice read. Thanks mate. You spoke out of my mind.

Best regards
paines

]]> By: Anon http://blog.slickedit.com/2008/06/the-programming-book-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Anon Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:35:21 +0000 http://blog.slickedit.com/?p=236#comment-482 I believe Jeff Atwood of the Coding Horror blog refers to it as "developer pornography". I believe Jeff Atwood of the Coding Horror blog refers to it as “developer pornography”.

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