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As Editor-in-Chief for the .NET Developer's Journal, I get a lot of press solicitations. Most of them are not relevant to the .NET platform. Some of the ones that aren't relevant are still interesting, though. Up until now, I haven't done anything with these kinds of solicitations other than enjoy them, then trash them. Going forward, I thought I might post some of the more interesting pieces to this blog.

To start with, check out this site. These folks make some kind of ultra-searchable text database and one of their tools for marketing it is to provide free databases containing popular, non-copyrighted text. For example, you can current get the Bible, some Shakespeare plays, the 9/11 Commission Report, etc. Pretty cool -- but not really relevant to .NET.

posted Saturday, 1 October 2005comments (2)

Phil Schnyder made this comment,

Hi Derek,

Thanks for mentioning what we're doing at askSam. We actually do have an SDK with a .NET API.

The database and eBooks started during the last Presidential campaign - we put lots of debate texts, campaign info, etc. into databases. From there, users started requesting different types of information. It's fun.

Phil CEO / askSam

comment added :: 6th October 2005, 12:19 GMT :: http://developer.asksam.com/

Bill Pierce made this comment,

Mr. Ferguson,

I understand you are the Editor-in-Chief for the .Net Developer's Journal. I sent this email to Sys-Con media using their "Contact Us" page, but have not received any response. I was hoping you could help me.

I am writing to request a review of an article published January 16, 2006 on .Net Developers Journal entitled "Google Maps and ASP.NET" (http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/171162.htm). I read this article and found it had a large number of similarities to a series of articles I published in September 2005 entitled "Lat Lays Flat - A Google Maps .NET Control" (http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/L atLaysFlat-Part1.asp).

Mr. Murkoth's article does not make any reference to my articles,

despite the large number of similarities.

I also came across another article by Mr. Murkoth published November 8, 2004 entitled "ASP.NET 1.X and ASP.NET 2.0 Compilation Models" (http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/46997.htm). Feedback on that article indicates some similarities to a book entitled "ASP.NET v. 2.0-The Beta Version" (http://www.informit.com/title/0321257278)

I am sure that Sys-Con Media does not promote the publication of plagiarized works but I am interested in a second review of the articles mentioned and an overview of your pre-publication review process.

Sincerely, -Bill Pierce

comment added :: 3rd February 2006, 14:20 GMT :: http://spaces.msn.com/wcpierce/