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[News] wxWidgets book available for download
zmodem:
Strange, on the same page that they sell the book on, they provide a free PDF download of the entire thing.
Why would you spend money on the book when you could download it?
A suprising move...
takeshimiya:
--- Quote from: zmodem on March 14, 2006, 12:19:16 am ---Strange, on the same page that they sell the book on, they provide a free PDF download of the entire thing.
Why would you spend money on the book when you could download it?
A suprising move...
--- End quote ---
Welcome to the OpenSource world. :D
There are some common reasons:
-Supporting the project and authors.
-Having it printed to read it everywhere.
BTW, it's mostly the same reasons as why anyone would download an mp3 and then later buy the real album.
It is not uncommon indeed.
sethjackson:
Some people like having a print copy (besides a quick PDF reference)......
tiwag:
here you can view & download the errata list which regards also to the pdf version of the wxWidgets book
http://wxwidgets.org/book/errata.htm
zmodem:
--- Quote from: Takeshi Miya on March 14, 2006, 12:41:58 am ---Welcome to the OpenSource world. :D
--- End quote ---
I'm not new to the open source world. I've just never seen the principles of open source software, apply to anything other than software/technology.
Good to know :)
--- Quote ---BTW, it's mostly the same reasons as why anyone would download an mp3 and then later buy the real album.
--- End quote ---
True...true. You got me there
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