Re: [xsl] About Michael Kay's XSLT book

[Midsummer Sun <midsummer.sun@xxxxxxxxx>]

You may call me by any name.. I'll surely keep an eye on Jeni's book.
I have no doubt that her book would be as much valuable as Michael
Kay's book.

Best regards,

A Joke --
Q: How many IBM cpu's does it take to do a logical right shift? 
A: 33. 1 to hold the bits and 32 to push the register. 

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 04:24:30 -0700, M. David Peterson
<m.david.x2x2x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually Mid (can I call you Mid?) this is a very appropriate question
> to ask on this list as if not for this question  I wouldnt have
> thought to look at Amazon to find out if Jeni Tennison's 2.0 title was
> available and apparently you can preorder it now.   Given the
> best-selling staus of her "Beginning XSLT" 1.0 title I wouldnt rely on
> the fact that there will be plenty when its finally released so "why
> worry about it".. trust me, the pre-orders get filled first and the
> rest will wait for the next shipment to come in once these titles have
> long since been delivered.  Probably a good idea to order it now such
> that APress has a good feel for how many they should print during the
> first run and how many should be delivered to Amazon to arrive and be
> ready to be shipped once the "official" launched is announced.
> 
> As you probably are aware Jeni has a content focus and writing style
> that is geared towards taking the knowledge that Dr. Kay provides in
> his titles and applying this to a real world scenario and explain it
> in such a way that in the end it will seem as if the knowledge was
> already there it just needed to be dusted off a bit such that your
> brain receptors could make the proper contact with the processing
> portion of your brain...  I have often wondered what would happen to
> the world if Jeni were to write a tutorial on the process involved in
> cold fusion as undoubtedly when complete we will simply understand
> it... "I  wonder what would happen if I took this and this and ..."
> 
> Jeni, based on the vision I just had of the world on a "cold fusion
> high" please don't write this tutorial...
> 
> Assuming there is no such tutorial in this title this is something I
> am in process of pre-ordering as we speak...  In all seriousness I
> have no doubt that like her 1.0 title along with Dr. Kay this title
> will be a mandatory part of your XSLT 2.0 study and reference
> material...
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590593243/qid=1111056261/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl14/103-2106677-5534224?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
> 
> Thanks Jeni!  I know you couldnt tell even if you knew so I want ask
> when this will be released and will simply anticipate the email from
> Amazon telling me its on its way :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> <M:D/>
> 
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:26:19 +1100, Dimitre Novatchev
> <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It's simple as this:
> >
> > You'll lose 1 year (of your life) if you wait for the final
> > recommendation and only then buy Mike's book.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dimitre Novatchev
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:11:40 +0530, Midsummer Sun
> > <midsummer.sun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > This question is for Michael Kay !
> > >
> > > I already have Michael Kay's book "XSLT 1.0 2nd Edition, Programmer's
> > > Reference". Its a wonderful book. It won't be flattering to say that
> > > Its a Bible of XSLT.
> > >
> > > I have to buy Michael's latest books - XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 . But I
> > > am doubtful about the timing.. Should I buy it now? Or should I wait
> > > till XSLT 2.0/XPath 2.0 become W3C Recommendations. There may be
> > > chances that some language features may change from now till it
> > > becomes Recommendation.
> > >
> > > What is Michael's strategy to incorporate the final language(i.e. in
> > > Recommendation form) in his XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 books. Would be
> > > publish an errata which will be free for the now buyers? Or would he
> > > publish an altogether new edition, which we have to buy again?
> > >
> > > But I would say, releasing a book at this stage is a good decision, as
> > > it will spark interest in XSLT 2.0/XPath 2.0 ..
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> >
> >
> 
> --
> <M:D/>
> 
> :: M. David Peterson ::
> XML & XML Transformations, C#, .NET, and Functional Languages Specialist