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  1. I have the pleasure to meet Mr O'Reilly by tungwaiyip · · Score: 1 · on 25 Years of O'Reilly Books

    I have the pleasure to meet Mr O'Reilly in one of his speaking event. It was an insightful and throught provoking event. What set O'Reilly and other publisher apart is that they are truely interested in technology and even take a stance on issues (such as Amazon's 1-click patent). Many times I visit a book store I go straight to O'Reilly rack. Can't say every book has consistent highest quality. But at least they are thinner that other competitor's book and waste less paper on dumb topics. Keep on! We will continue to explore the world of technology together!

  2. Grady Booch has some answers by HillClimber · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Why Does Software Cost So Much?
    Grady (the OOD guru) gave a talk called "The Limits of Software" in Palo Alto a couple weeks ago. He said software is hard because:
    • Distributed systems are fundamentally hard
    • Design is fundamentally hard
    • Difficulty organizing large teams
    • Use of bad or ad-hoc development processes
    • Conflicts between developer and management objectives
    My take is that for any easy problem, the software is written once, standardized, and doesn't need to be changed. You only need to write new software to deal with the problems or environments you didn't anticipate before, which is inherently unpredictable.
  3. Give it away to the right people by HillClimber · · Score: 1 · on HOWTO Go About Marketing to Developers?

    You have to get a grass-roots word-of-mouth going, by starting with influential developers. Give away copies at tradeshows. Go to a user's group meeting, show your product, and give away a lot of copies (check out Software Development Forum if you're in the bay area). Try to get some prominent or way cool developers/products to use your tools.