518:). I am Matt Gifford, the subject of this article/entry. I have many issues with your above comment. Firstly, where does the publisher's website state in any way that they are a vanity press? Please provide details to back this up. Packt do openly invite developers and individuals within the communities to submit book proposals to them in an attempt to extend knowledge in various areas. Having written my own book through them, I can also quite happily discuss with you the levels of chapter synopsis, communications to and from the publishing house, and my final contract with them. So, they do freely accept proposals, but they do not publish every individual who does send ideas. Secondly, and more importantly, I am concerned that you have so easily publicly stated that this article was written by me (it wasnt) and that I have spammed myself into other articles. As a developer, writer and speaker, my online identity is incredibly important to me, and I take great offence in the implication and seeing my name associated with spam, which I see as libellous. Having read through the history of the article and the original author's other contributions, the only other entry appears to be the addition of the book to the OOP page, which is an incredibly valid addition. As
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