Egads! Unbelievable OP. All I can say, adding to the wonderful replies above, is: 1) what's wrong with hackers? Oh, how I long to be one; 2) ever heard of the 1st Amendment? O'Reilly is US; 3) and with all the stuff that really should be boycotted, why even think of boycotting a company that publishes some of the finest tomes on programming and related topics in the world, first class stuff. Too difficult for beginners? Well, there's always the Visual Quickstart Guides {tongue in cheek}.
—Brad "A little yeast leavens the whole dough."
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