AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Shauvik RoyChoudhary" 
<shauvikr@y...> wrote:
> Hi Friends,
> 
>     Does anyone have the ebook "C Programming for Microcontrollers -
> Featuring ATMEL's AVR Butterfly and the free WinAVR compiler" by
> Smileymicros.com ?? If so please do mail it to me or put it in the
> files section.
> 
> Regards,
> Shauvik

I'd like to thank the folks who emailed me about this attempted 
theft. In a way it is a good thing because I wasn't aware of this 
forum so I just joined and will be looking around. I usually hang out 
at AVRFreaks so it may take a bit to get used to the format and 
structure.

Also another good thing, apparently this resulted in one sale of the 
hardcopy, so thanks for that.

I'm reluctant to say this but I have given the pdf file away a bunch 
of times to folks in countries that are impossible to do business 
with due to monetary exchange concerns. I also track sales vs 
downloads and I am aware that piracy occurs, but I'm also not all 
that naive and know that this is simply a part of doing business. 

I've even sent it to students who asked. The reason I'm reluctant to 
mention this is that I usually ask for a bio and justification and I 
really don't have time to sort thru the real need and those who are 
feel to sense of entitlement and no need to compensate me for my 
work. The book isn't perfect and there are problems, but even so it 
can and has helped a bunch of folks get started with the AVR 
Butterfly and in my opinion is well worth the price.

I'm guessing that if this fellow had been honest enough to approach 
me that I would have sent him the pdf file. He's probably from one of 
those difficult countries and likely doesn't have a western income so 
I would have been happy to help him out. 

So thanks to those who informed me of the problem. I've noticed that 
there is a community around the AVR unlike any of the other micros 
I've worked with and it just feels nice to know that the neighbors 
are watching each other's back.

Smiley