yada, yada, yada....
particular community so, stop whining. There is something
as these. If you've answered a question before, just point the
<billvaRemoveThis@nwlink.com> wrote:
>Since March of 2006 alone I have answered over 760 questions on this and
>other aliases. Over the last 21 years since I joined MS and started
>answering developer questions I have answered countless more--tens of
>thousands of responses that sometimes take two hours a day and usually 7
>days a week. I just spent over 30 months almost full time writing a 1100+
>page book (my 12th) that's full of the answers to questions asked here in
>this newsgroups (and others) over and over again. These are all too often
>answers that won't fit on a single page or take too long to answer here. I
>have also provided text for dozens of articles, editorials and whitepapers
>on my web site and in my blog for free. What's wrong with sending people to
>a detailed printed compendium of the answers? Incidentally, if you actually
>review my responses, I recommend other people's books and consultancies as
>well. I also have been known to take free calls from developers, architects
>and managers (those that are invited to do so) that need extra help. Sure, I
>really profit from the book--about a buck a copy. If I'm lucky I'll sell
>5,000-8,000 copies over a period of three years. Would you work for that? Do
>you suggest that I find something else better to do with my time? Perhaps
>you would like to take up the load?
>--
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>"alpine" <alpine_don'tsendspam@mvps.org> wrote in message
>news:i8u3u25hfd6p0c1107ir03bhkjvo2lsa8l@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:41:39 -0800, "William \(Bill\) Vaughn"
>> <billvaRemoveThis@nwlink.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Try my book.
>>
>> Also notice that Bill only answers questions here when he has a book
>> to sell. ;-)
>>
>> Bryan
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