Re: Free computer books

From	Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: Free computer books
Date	2011-10-10 14:37 -0400
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On 10/06/2011 02:37 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> 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.

When I read this post I thought of Wikibooks. As this thread progresses 
I'm inclined to think that an wiki collaboration on a textbook would be 
hard to achieve.
>
> 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.
>

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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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