• To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Subject: Re: Re: xml, books
• From: Ian Graham <igraham@i...>
• Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:54:51 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <r02000200-1028-D0D1B84BFF7811D7A2980003937A08C2@[192.168.124.11]>
• Reply-to: Ian Graham <ian.graham@u...>

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Simon St.Laurent wrote:

> igraham@i... (Ian Graham) writes:
> >Is there any data explaining 'why' people by technical (e.g. XML)
> >books?  
> 
> The main theories are that people buy books:
> 
> * Because they NEED them to solve an immediate problem

Theories are good, but data is better.  For example, has anyone (O'Reilly
or others) surveyed purchasers -- or prospetive purchasers -- to find out
what they are looking for?   

I agree in principle with many of your epotential explanations, but I'd
sure like to see some real data.

Ian

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