Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!jmsellens From: jmsellens@watmath.UUCP (John M Sellens) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: The software industry (a bit on book publishing) Message-ID: <11367@watmath.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 12:53:54 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.11367 Posted: Thu Feb 7 12:53:54 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Feb-85 00:22:30 EST References: <205@gcc-opus.ARPA> <222@looking.UUCP> <> <186@lasspvax.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 12 In this months' (February) Byte, Jerry Pournelle bemoans the fact that there are zillions of "computer" books and most of them are junk. He suggests that, when you find a good book, or series of books, you make a point of bringing it to the attention of the store manager. The same works for bad books or publishers. It's all based in the profit motive and the store manager's and distributor's inability to distinguish good books from bad (what do they know about computers, right?). Of course, many people are aware that these suggestions apply very well to many aspects of life. John