Comments on: Filthy Rich Clients on Amazon.com

By: Monica S

Monica S — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:34:51 +0000

By the way, the book now has 5 stars out of 5 at Amazon. Way to go! Got mine today.

By: Francois

Francois — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:19:11 +0000

Thanks Romain. I was sure it was an English subtility!

By: Romain Guy

Romain Guy — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:29:11 +0000

François : C’est un jeu de mot qui se traduit mal en Français mais qui marche très bien avec des anglophones. Et bien sûr il marche encore mieux quand on parle de ça sur scène avec Richard Bair, que tout le monde appelle “Rich” chez Sun :)

By: Francois Degrelle

Francois Degrelle — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:50:54 +0000

Chet, Thanks for this needed precision.
And of course, congratulations to you too ;o)
Francois

By: Chet Haase

Chet Haase — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:16:33 +0000

Francois: You’re right on the meaning. The reason it works here (at least in English) is that the phrase “Filthy Rich” means, basically, “Obscenely Wealthy”. Or very, very rich. I guess it could also mean disgusting, but that’s not really the definition we were shooting for on the book…

By: Francois Degrelle

Francois Degrelle — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:15:00 +0000

Hi Romain,
Congratulations for your great participations ;o)
Just a precision, in the dictionary, filthy means dirty, disgusting or obscene…
Is there any other meaning for this word ?
Francois

By: Chet Haase

Chet Haase — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:40:48 +0000

Panos: That was the plan … but apparently the back-end publishing process takes longer than anticipated. In any case, see my comments to Robert above; we’re hoping that some combination of rough-cut/online copies or beta books would be available by JavaOne, followed by The Real Thing in July.

By: Panos

Panos — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:52:00 +0000

Chet, in JavaPolis you and Romain mentioned that you will try to have the book ready before JavaOne. From what I see on Amazon the book will be available on July 2007. Is there any chance we could see some pre-released copies in JavaOne?

By: Chet Haase

Chet Haase — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:40:52 +0000

To answer some of the questions above:
Sebbo: An earlier outline is published on my blog. The outline changed a bit since then, and it leaves a lot of detail to the imagination, but it’s close enough for now.
Robert: The publisher is toying with the idea of a “rough cut”, which is a downloadable version of a draft of the book. This would be available for purchase, but not the full price of the final book. I don’t know the timeframe and details of this, but if it happens, it would be sooner than the July publishing date (since the publisher basically has the full content already, it just needs formatting and copy-editing at this stage).
Dhilshuk: Seem my comment about the rough cut. There is still no intention to have a free version available. Please stop asking, it’s not going to happen. If you want free stuff, check out the vast quantity of blogs and articles that already exist…

By: Panos

Panos — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:14:49 +0000

Finally..