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From: tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Add-ons
Message-ID: <1596@ashton.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 90 00:37:39 GMT
References: <90309.111451NIBMSCM@NDSUVM1.BITNET> <27085@cs.yale.edu>
Reply-To: tomr@ashton.UUCP (Tom Rombouts)
Organization: Ashton-Tate, Torrance, CA
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In article <27085@cs.yale.edu> spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes:
>In article <90309.111451NIBMSCM@NDSUVM1.BITNET> NIBMSCM@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes:
>>.... I'm trying to get everything situated for windows development
>>and would like some opinions on the quality of Microsoft's Programmers Library
>>CD.... 
>The Programmers Library CD: last time I looked at this it was a bit
>out of date.  [deleted] 
> The truth is, I don't think it is very useful [deleted]

Also, be warned that that the 15 or so books on the disk are in an
indexed (read: encrypted) format.  The little program that comes with
the CD is limited to cutting and pasting 200 lines at a time.  (Although
a skillful Superkey macro could automate this a good deal.)
Thus, dumping out a copy or two of Petzold to a laser printer is 
trickier than it might seem.  

For a big company with diverse needs, the MS CD can be an excellant buy.
However, if you are just doing Windows work you will be paying for megs
of material that you do not need.  BTW, on the subject of CDs in general,
the Ziff-Davis "Computer Library" series is excellent, especially given
the complex and fast-changing nature of the micro industry.  Also, Alde in 
Minnesota also has some c. $99 CD's that are very reasonable. 


Tom Rombouts  Torrance Techie  tomr@ashtate.A-T.com  V:(213) 538-7108