You have got to be kidding me...

[pyramid6]

"pyramid6" wrote:

"pyramid6" wrote:
Here is a copy of an email I sent to componentsource:

Name:JBoss Comp Doc 12Month Sub UNIX 1 User / JBoss Comprehensive Documentation Subscription
Size:26.4 Mb
Status:Awaiting Download
<quote>
Why would I need to download a Windows executable to view UNIX documentation? Surely there is some other way. Why would I buy UNIX documentation and use Windows to download the documentation. At least warn us before we shell out 99 dollars.

Rightfully mad,

Anthony Mills

Did I mention it took me 4 tries to even get that far?
</quote>

If this is any indication of what JBoss is like, I will be getting my money back. I use Java for a reason, because I don't want to use MS Windows for developement.

Sorry to rant, just frustrated about this.

Anthony

[petriwessman]

"PetriWessman" wrote:

"PetriWessman" wrote:
Agreed. I just bought the 3.2.1 docs, and my jaw dropped to the floor when instead of being presented with a PDF download link, I'm given some Windows exe downloader file. What the *censored*? I'm running Linux, as I suspect are a more than a few JBoss users, and I'm supposed to have Windows in order to *download* the documentation? I'm sorry, but this is not acceptable, and needs to be fixed ASAP.

//Petri

[csourcechrisb]

You might be interested to know that ComponentSource has added a "Unix Edition" to all JBoss documentation in the JBoss store.

If you select the Unix Edition when purchasing JBoss documentation, you will not be required to download a Windows executable file as part of the download. You will be able to directly download the documentation .ZIP file.

Thank you,
Your ComponentSource Customer Service Team

[jae77]

last time i checked, the "unzip" command in unix/linux could unzip .zip files.

also, winzip has no problems taking a tar.gz / .tgz file and uncompressing it as well.

not sure why they offer 2 distinct versions tho.