Mike Wahler wrote:
Noah Roberts <nr******@dontemailme.com> wrote in message
news:3F************@dontemailme.com...
dinkumware costs money
They allow online browsing of their documentation for free.
I never said they didn't. Though they are not as free as the
alternative I provided since they waste your time badgering you to buy
the product. In actuality they are not providing this service for free,
they are providing it in order to try and sell you a product; there is a
difference.
or badgers you about buying it.
They also let you know you can purchase a copy for download.
They're a business, for goodness' sake!
What the dinkumware webside does is more that "letting you know". It
happens every other time you press a link.
Why would informing folks about their products available for sale be 'badgering'?
Because every other time you access a new page (new during that current
session) instead of going to the documentation you go to an
advertizement page. Being told that often, and in that manner
(intrusive), is badgering imho.
You get to read the docs for free, they get to tell you about
their stuff. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
It is perfectly reasonable for them to tell you how to buy their stuff.
It is less perfectly reasonable, though still reasonable, to badger
you to buy their stuff as they allow you to read it. And since this is
an advertizing campaign and not a free service to the community it is
perfectly logical to expect they will pester you to buy a product.
It is also perfectly reasonable to look for a less annoying alternative,
which I found, and which I provided for the OP. All of these things are
reasonable, what I find unreasonable is your reaction to my post.
Of course there are other reasons to look for alternatives to the
dinkumware site. IMHO the site I provided is better documentation since
it is more easily understood and provides more than just 'standard
speak' documentation of the library. The dinkumware documentation can
be difficult to understand and doesn't include a user guide.
So there :P~
NR
