looks like weve got a drama queen here... :) -jmz On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Alex Dean wrote: > > On May 4, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > >> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Alex Dean wrote: >>> >>> On May 4, 2009, at 7:23 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >>> >>>> In general, the >>>> print world is in crisis because their value proposal is quickly being >>>> invalidated. >>> >>> I don't think that's true. >> >>  yes, but don't you work for a newspaper?  ;) >> > > No, I don't.  Newspapers are a totally different proposition than technical > books, anyway. > > I've read the rest of this thread since my initial reply, and you've failed > to answer my question.  So, to repeat : How can you feel justified making > such categorical dismissals of people who find published technical books > valuable?  Your inital reply was along the lines of "O'Reilly = lame", about > a specific publishing house.  When people disagreed, and asked you to > support that assertion, you transformed this into a diatribe about the > economics and ecology of the entire publishing industry. > > I understand that a conversation can develop and change as topics get > explored and other voices get involved, but I'd still like to know if you > have an answer to my question, or if you were just blatantly trolling? > > I think you make some valid points, but the dismissive holier-than-thou > attitude really rubs me the wrong way.  I get the feeling you enjoy being at > the center of a manufactured controversy, and that is the definition of > troll. > > alex > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss