Re: This is not a book sale list (was UI for Windows service)

There is no FAQ at that site [1]
[1] http://www.somehost.com

 Ted Neward wrote:Actually, as a member of the list, I sympathize, but as a book author as
well, I'd like to offer a slightly different spin on things; I can't claim
this is everybody's motivation, but it certainly is mine:

I want to be helpful and answer the question, but I already answered the
question once (in the book), and while I want to be helpful and answer it
again, the thought of typing all that stuff in again just seems
overwhelming. So it's easier for me to point to chapter such-and-such, and
say "Look there". I don't really care if you BUY the silly thing; in some
cases, I've outright told people to just go to the bookstore, read the
chapter, and put the book back on the shelf, since I didn't think they
needed any of the rest of it.

I grant, it's annoying sometimes, but often it's not intended to be any more
of an advertisement than the equivalent of "Check out item 17 in the FAQ at
http://www.somehost.com".... Why did somehost.com decide to host the FAQ?
Because it brings people to their site.... :-)

Just my $.02 worth.

Ted Neward
{.NET || Java} Course Author & Instructor, DevelopMentor
(http://www.develop.com)
http://www.javageeks.com/tneward
http://www.clrgeeks.com/tneward

----- Original Message -----
From: "franklin gray"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 7:42 AM
Subject: [DOTNET] This is not a book sale list (was UI for Windows service)


> Stop advertising your book! I am sick of people answering questions by,
it's in my book on page such and such. If you don't want to answer the
question, then fine, don't.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Faison [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 9:20 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET] UI for Windows service
>
>
> There is a complete example of a Service Control Program in my
> book "Component-Based Development with Visual C#" in chapter 16. The
> program uses a Windows Form-based UI to control the service. The service
> shows its status with an icon in the Service Tray. By clicking on this
> icon, a context menu appears, with options for controlling the service.
>
>
> --Ted Faison (author of book)
>
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