[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 8/26/10 16:35 PDT, Stanislav Blinov wrote:
> Vladimir wrote:
>> Stanislav Blinov Wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've noticed I'm not the only one Russian here, so I've decided to
>>> ask: (yeah, I know I'm quite a bit late)
>>>
>>> Did anyone buy TDPL in Russia? If so, where from? Is Amazon a good
>>> place to look (there seemed to be trouble getting stuff from them)?
>>
>> I'm quite satisfied with the torrent version. As long as no money goes
>> directly to the D development I refuse to buy books. The book guy
>> already earns 10 to 100 times as much as a normal developer in Russia.
>
> Thanks for the honesty but no thanks.
>
> The "book guy" puts a lot of effort into D and I'm sure that work on
> TDPL was tremendous hit on all his resources (both mental and physical)
> as well. A hard an honest work needs to be compensated, and an (assumed)
> overall current income has nothing to do with it (I assume that's plain
> jealousy talking in you). If Andrei so wished, he could publish the book
> for free, but he didn't. Mind you, he and Walter and others have LOTS
> thing to do except D, but they keep perfecting the language, keep
> finding new goals, keep participating in discussions in this newsgroup,
> keep helping the language and the community.
>
> What stops you from earning 10 to 100 times more? Being a Russian? I
> doubt it. If you desire earning more, then do it. Plain assumptions and
> "big" talk are no justifications for plain stealing.
>
> P.S. Seems that some things would never change. I think there would be
> far less "professionals" out there weren't it not for piracy.
>
> Anyway, does someone have any other options on the topic?

Thanks for your kind words. If you email me your address, I'll be glad 
to mail you a signed copy of TDPL's collector edition as a gift.

Andrei