From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@...>
Date: 2006-05-03T06:38:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Second Edition of Agile Web Development with Rails

I'm pretty sure there was no outcry.

I interpret most of the responses as, "It'd be sweet if we could get a
discount, but if not, hey, no prob."

Pat



On 5/2/06, Michael Trier <mtrier@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, this will probably get a lot of people upset, but I have to come
> to the defense of Dave Thomas and the rest of the crew at PP.  A month
> ago, everyone was saying please come out with a 2nd Edition, I'll
> gladly pay for it.  Now that it's here, there's this outcry about
> having to upgrade.  Well noone has to upgrade.  Your 1st edition still
> has valuable information in it, and you can still run version 1.0 of
> Rails if that is what you want. You can keep using the 1st version and
> supplement it with a lot of the great blog postings from many on this
> list.
>
> $50 is a lot of money, but you can buy the PDF for $23.50.  Writing a
> book is a huge comittment, and contrary to popular belief, there's not
> much money in it.  The books that Pragmatic Programmers come out with
> are top notch, they are extremely valuable, and quickly pay for
> themselves in no time.  If you like what Dave Thomas and friends are
> doing and you want the updates, I think purchasing the book is an easy
> decision. If you don't feel like there's value there, then use your
> money elsewhere.
>
> Michael
>
>