From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-12-04T02:30:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27356] Re: linuxjournal reviews pickaxe book

Markus Jais <mjais@web.de> writes:

> linuxjournal.com reviews the pickaxe book:
> check out:
> 
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5411&mode=thread&order=0

The article (and the LJ home page) has the teaser line (talking about
the PickAxe):

  "It claims to be the only Ruby book you'll need"

I phoned them about this, as this isn't a claim we make, nor would we
ever make it. I've personally got all the Ruby books listed on Amazon
on order, and I'm sure each will teach me a lot about Ruby. They said
that their editorial people make up teasers to make people read the
articles. I guess that these teasers don't have to be true.

Anyway, they promised to remove the line. In the meantime, I hope this
didn't cause offense with any of the fine Ruby book authors on the
list.


Dave