Steve Yegge's foreword to Joy of Clojure
Just a word.. not that it is really relevant but I wanted to share this with fellow hackers. To encourage the Clojure community/language, I've pre-ordered the book Joy of Clojure on amazon. On the book's website, it is clearly stated that you also get a free pdf of the book <i>before the release date</i>. So, I was pretty enthusiastic about starting to read the book.<p>But then, I find out that you only get the pdf if you ordered from manning.. So, I email manning saying that had I know about the "order at manning instead of amazon", I really would have bought it there and that I'd be more then happy to blog about "Joy of Clojure" and give a link to manning's order web page.<p>So, then, I receive an email saying (summarized in my word): "Fu, it's your problem, next time buy it at manning, not amazon".<p>It really frustrated me.. I mean, isn't it the best way to demolish someone's best intention? I just feel like never ever buying anything from manning; never ever linking anything to their website, and spread the word about that story.<p>Am I over-reacting? What's your thought on that, fellow HN-users?