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jraines on April 5, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Obie Fernandez: My Reasoned Response about Scala a...

Also, as Alex himself alluded in his original piece, why would someone who presumably has a stake in a company that shrugs off half-billion dollar acquisition offers be trying anything devious to promote a technical book?

jeremymcanally on April 5, 2009 [–]

Fun? Personal brand? I mean, I make more than enough to get by on but I still promote my book every change I get. :)

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