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Glad to see YC is catching up to what Microsoft did in the 80s.
by wanderingjew 8y ago
Glad to see YC is catching up to what Microsoft did in the 80s.
- 1123581321 8y agoAre you saying that a third printing is derivative if someone else did the second printing? I’m not aware of how common it is to have different publishers or presses handle successive reprints.
- adora 8y agoIt's not really affiliated with YC; I just happen to work there. I met Ted while trying to find a copy of the book and when he told me he had a bunch in storage, I volunteered to help sell the rest. 100% sales go to him. This edition is just a reprint of his first edition. Ted re-published it himself. I haven't read the Microsoft edition yet but I know Ted hates what they did with his book.
- AlbertoGP 8y ago> I haven't read the Microsoft edition yet but I know Ted hates what they did with his book. Here is a review of the book that describes the problem: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200301/computer_libdream_machines.html https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200301/computer_libdream_mach... > The 1987 revised edition is classic ‘80 laser-printer chaos, and is not nearly as nice to read: the dimensions have been scaled down resulting in text narrowly wrapped, and awkwardly flowed from page to page.