OK, I think we should check out Kevin's book in consideration also then. I think this is a great idea and we should move on it. I'll post another message and maybe we can ask around as to how many would participate, what books people think would be suitable also? But what experienced 'csharper' (or even new csharper) would volunteer to participate to lead the study group? While I've read some of the books somewhat and played around with it, I'm a 'newbie' when it comes to .net! Victor? You? Anyone?


>>I'm definitely in. Should we post a separate message with this as the subject to see how many would participate?
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>Yes, I think that would be a good idea. Do you want to do that?
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>> Also, what was used to capture the transcript? What would capture from the UT chat?
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>mIRC can capture a chat log. This is what was used last time, I think.
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>> Would Michel approve of using the UT chat for this?
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>I think so, but of course we should ask.
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>> I think Victor would coordinate it all and be moderator (did I understand you correctly Victor?)?
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>That would be be great.
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>>The only books I've seen so far on C# that I've liked enough for personal use are the WROX books (including the .net framework book). I'm waiting to see Kevin's book that due out soon. I'm not sure of the format it is in (reference, tutorial, etc) I agree though that this is the case for a book that is more text-like and example-driven than pure reference. Kind-of a start at step 1 and go through all of the logical steps to build your first app with .net, etc. More along the lines of a beginner's 'how to' but not geared for new programmers, know what I mean? Am I phrasing that correctly?
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>Of the WROX books, is there one you think would be suitable for this?
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>> What type of permission would we need from an author (if any) to use their book in a study group?
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>None, I think, as long as nobody is reproducing or posting copyrighted content. If everybody has a copy of the book then we can refer to "the example on page 106" or "exercise 2 in chapter 11" without having to post anything copyrighted. I imagine any author would be delighted if X number of people bought a copy of his or her book to use in a study group. After all, sales are the name of the game for authors!