From: Ben Tilly <ben_tilly@...>
Date: 2001-02-23T00:34:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:11321] Re: Programming Ruby is now online

"W. Kent Starr" <elderburn@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>On Thursday 22 February 2001 08:10, Andrew Hunt wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:48:01 +0900, Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> wrote:
[...]
>At the risk of using incitive language, Jupiter Research, pretty much
>respected for its methods and provable results, concluded that CD sales in
>music stores actually *increased* as a side effect of Napster (the incitive
>word). Hardcopy is a different vehicle, serves different needs. Many like
>having both.

Not to mention spinoff businesses:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010208.html

[...]
>One teet that transcends economic 'waves': markets are made, not born! Even
>some members of the RIAA are catching on to this. :-)

And whatever markets could be made around Ruby, having
this book available will assist in that...

Cheers,
Ben
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