[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Stanislav Blinov]

  27.08.2010 4:48, Andrei Alexandrescu пишет:
> 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
>
Thank you, you're very generous. I simply don't have words. What little 
I could gather myself for I wrote in the email (if I got an address hint 
right).