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Why I Like Writing for O’Reilly

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 26, 1999

“When I started to write Java I/O back in September, 1997, I
thought it would take me about two months and 200 pages. In fact it
took me over year and a half and 600 pages, but in that year and a
half I did manage to do my best work ever. A lot of the credit for
that belongs to O’Reilly & Associates for letting me and other
authors do good work…”

“I think there are two main reasons O’Reilly books stand out
from the crowd:

  1. More time
  2. More editing

“A fine computer book, like a fine wine, requires time…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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