Comments on: O’Reilly Rough Cuts http://www.machelp.org/archives/2006/01/23/oreilly-rough-cuts/ Help and Information for Macintosh users Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tom arnall http://www.machelp.org/archives/2006/01/23/oreilly-rough-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 tom arnall Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:37:03 +0000 http://www.machelp.org/archives/2006/01/23/oreilly-rough-cuts/#comment-2364 although in some respects o'reilly's 'rough cuts' venture has great promise, i see two problems with it in its present form: 1. oreilly's safari department fails to offer books on important topics to regular safari subscribers, unless the subscribers are willing to pay extra for the material. oreilly's coverage of introductory material on ajax is a good example. 2. the 'rough cuts' policy invites people to make contributions to a book, and then charges them for the 'privilege' of doing so. although in some respects o’reilly’s ‘rough cuts’ venture has great promise, i see two problems with it in its present form:

1. oreilly’s safari department fails to offer books on important topics to regular safari subscribers, unless the subscribers are willing to pay extra for the material. oreilly’s coverage of introductory material on ajax is a good example.

2. the ‘rough cuts’ policy invites people to make contributions to a book, and then charges them for the ‘privilege’ of doing so.

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