Re: Free computer books

From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: Free computer books
Date	2011-10-05 23:37 -0700
Organization	Canadian Mind Products
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On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:26:14 -0700, markspace <-@.> wrote, quoted or
indirectly quoted someone who said :

>I sincerely doubt that.  Old tech is just old and third world doesn't 
>change that.  If your local library doesn't want them, then recycle them.

A book on Java 1.4 still covers most of Java. Mostly you need texts to
get you started.

I think the way we are headed is "open source" text books and CAI that
can be used in the third world electronically without royalty.  It
probably more a matter of cataloging it and preparing it in a number
of standard formats.

Even when I went to university, textbooks were extremely expensive.
They sold in small runs, and were frequently reissued.  An ebook would
be much more economical.

-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
It should not be considered an error when the user starts something
already started or stops something already stopped. This applies
to browsers, services, editors... It is inexcusable to 
punish the user by requiring some elaborate sequence to atone,
e.g. open the task editor, find and kill some processes.

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Free computer books Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-05 13:15 -0700
  Re: Free computer books markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-05 15:26 -0700
    Re: Free computer books Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-05 23:37 -0700
      Re: Free computer books Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-06 06:37 -0700
        Re: Free computer books Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-07 11:00 -0700
          Re: Free computer books markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-07 11:37 -0700
          Re: Free computer books Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-07 17:38 -0700
            Re: Free computer books Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-10-07 23:03 -0300
              Re: Free computer books Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-10-09 19:59 -0700
                Re: Free computer books Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-10-10 14:06 -0300
                Re: Free computer books Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-10-10 11:11 -0700
            Re: Free computer books Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-15 18:12 -0700
      Re: Free computer books Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-10 14:37 -0400
        Re: Free computer books Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-10 15:17 -0400
  Re: Free computer books Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-10 15:54 -0400

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