About documentation

[David Hopwood]

Mitchell N Charity wrote:
> And perhaps
>  Note that MIT Press has historically been _far_ more flexible than
>  outfits like Springer, with regard to folks placing books or parts of
>  books online.  They actually want to do the right thing.  So while
>  they asked "Concepts, Techniques, and Models" be taken offline for
>  its debut, it would be worth exploring getting parts of it back online.
>  It's still the closest thing we have to a user manual.  The absence of
>  which reduces the appeal of mozart/oz, and thus of the book.

Absolutely. Although I have the printed book, the fact that it is not
online makes it considerably less useful, because I cannot assume anyone
else has it. Even having just the declarative section (up to chapter 5)
on-line would be wonderful, and it would have made me more likely to
buy the book, not less.

-- 
David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood at blueyonder.co.uk>