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From: da at ski.org (David Ascher)
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 05:22:27 GMT
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Subject: Maximize Benefit when Purchasing Learning Python
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In-Reply-To: <3727E7B2.616A87F0@polytopic.com>
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References: <3727E7B2.616A87F0@polytopic.com>
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Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.05.9904282207510.162-100000@david.ski.org>
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> I tell you what, if you've got the stones to send me your
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> address off-list, you'll get a check. If you think Mr.
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> Ascher is worth it--and I don't doubt it for a moment--if
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> he'll provide me with the same, I'll send him one, too.
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You're not serious, are you? Anyway, ask Mark about the first part about
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being worth it, but the second part is:
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522A Green St
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San Francisco CA 94133
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Shameless, I know -- but what if you're one of the eBay founders and the
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check will cover my kid's tuition in the year 2015? I'd hate myself for
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not answering =). If you'd rather buy me a drink at the next conference,
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that'd be fine too. I already owe Jeff Bauer and Fredrik Lundh drinks, so
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we may have to start maintaining a database...
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[Off-topic: send in abstracts for the next Python conference! It'll be
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fun! Mark and I will meet for the third time! We'll dedicate books for
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free! We'll meet more folks who don't look like what we thought they
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looked like! Information is on www.python.org]
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More seriously, on the topic of where to buy -- I tell people to buy it
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through the PSA because 1) it's cheap and efficient, and 2) the PSA might
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get some $'s from it. I don't know how much, but it's statistically
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guaranteed to be more than through any other distribution channel. Note
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that if you really want to have more cents come to Mark and I, you should
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buy it direct from ORA. But most of the difference in the price goes to
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ORA, not to us =).
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What I most want from readers is that you write good programs, evangelize
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the use of Python where needed and as appropriate, and help Python grow.
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While you're at it, join the PSA and/or the Python Consortium. If, as a
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side effect, more companies hire us as trainers or consultants, that's
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fine too.
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--David Ascher
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