Yea, I read through a bit of the cited paper and got a few good laughs out of it. Maybe he's being published more for the humorous aspect of it all than for the actual information.
You do have to be careful with this sort of thing, depending on the customer and your revenue model. I find that giving functional freebies, especially in commissioned/ongoing projects, spoils the customer causing them to expect such extras in future mods. You also lose out on the chance to charge them for the feature. Of course on the other hand it could also work in your favor if they understand, appreciate and don't take the extra work for granted.
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WROX has to be one of the if not the worst (at least that I've come across.) I couldn't imagine something more poorly done.
I used it not too long ago when I somehow forgot to pay my cable bill. Worked like a charm, thought the torrents were a bit slow. :P
Yea, I read through a bit of the cited paper and got a few good laughs out of it. Maybe he's being published more for the humorous aspect of it all than for the actual information.
Have a little faith, this isn't Digg.
You do have to be careful with this sort of thing, depending on the customer and your revenue model. I find that giving functional freebies, especially in commissioned/ongoing projects, spoils the customer causing them to expect such extras in future mods. You also lose out on the chance to charge them for the feature. Of course on the other hand it could also work in your favor if they understand, appreciate and don't take the extra work for granted.