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When I wrote my book on Windows Azure for O'Reilly, they originally assigned me some bird which I hated. I wanted them to pick a pug or some dog (because Azure
by sriramk 15y ago
When I wrote my book on Windows Azure for O'Reilly, they originally assigned me some bird which I hated. I wanted them to pick a pug or some dog (because Azure was originally code named 'Red Dog'). To my surprise, they hunted down a dog that was actually called a 'red dog' and we used that instead.
- oasisbob 15y agoFor the curious, _Programming Windows Azure_: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596801984.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596801984.do
- sriramk 15y agoOh yes, thanks for the link. Everyone, please go buy as many copies as you can ;). Seriously though, all the royalties go to charity. I'm a bit sad how quickly portions of the book went out of date. I've been asked to do a second edition but probably don't have the time to do it given startup commitments.