>>>Dean;
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>>>From the number of published books on the subject of .NET, I would think there are many "experts"! However, most of the books have little or no value! So much for experts! :)
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>>>Tom
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>>Now just hang on there Tom. Thats really unfair. After reading several .Net books I now know how to write "Hello World" to a command console window. These books are great!
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>>:)
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>Jos;
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>I could go to the local book stores (which I have done) spend $1000 for .NET books and be in trouble. I have bought and returned many .NET books because of gross inaccuracies.
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>One book stated they used the release version of the framework (1.0). I received errors when trying the names used by the book. The book seemed strange in that it stated “Published 2003”. Since it was 2002, I thought there was a problem. Then I found the names used in Beta 1 that were included in the examples. Some of the example names did not make it to Beta 2, let alone the production release version.
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>Why spend $60 for a book that is not worth burning? I have no need for desk weights! :)
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>I realize I should buy all the computer books that I can to help our economy. That would also give the publisher and author a warm fuzzy feeling if everyone would do this. That would allow them to think they know what they are doing!
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>I just received an e-mail about .NET training from a specific company. Three people are listed. The last one is listed as "The leading expert on .NET"! Wow! What about the other two guys? Why receive training from two people that are not "experts", when the same company has "The leading expert on .NET"! :)
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>Tom

Everyones an expert. "Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink"? :)