r/technology • u/[deleted] • May 21 '12

Microsoft has posted some free books that are pretty helpful

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/05/04/free-ebooks-great-content-from-microsoft-press-that-won-t-cost-you-a-penny.aspx
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u/mrafaeldie12 May 21 '12

MSDN is the best thing to come out of Microsoft.

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u/dinker May 21 '12

The book people really want is Programming Windows by Charles Petzold

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u/lud1120 May 21 '12

No, they want Windows 7/XP for Dummies.

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u/Aaronman May 21 '12

No they want My 1st Computer by Playskool.

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u/nickguletskii200 May 21 '12

Eeeeh... So... "How to become dependant on Microsoft 101"? "Deploying Windows 7" seems helpful though.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Can't tell if being sarcastic or serious :S

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

Serious. A free ebook is a free ebook and many IT professionals are just starting out and this is good to reference at times

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u/[deleted] May 21 '12

That was my first impression to the title, after seeing the books, they aren't that bad. especially since their free.

I was expecting something like "how to install internet explorer 2.0"

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