access to professional libraries etc

[Carl Schwan]

Hi,
I like the idea very much but it seems like O'Reilly's video and book library are very expansive. From the website for a team-up from 2 to 25 members, it is $499 per user and per year. I guess with more members and being an open-source organization we could negotiate a cheaper price but currently, for 45 users and $499 per user, it will cost more than the money we get from the one-time donation button (https://kde.org/community/donations/).

Another question is for whom will these libraries be available? I guess due to the cost, it won't be available to contributors with just a few commits, but only on-demand and with some verification that the contributor won't disappear right after getting access ;)

I personally often buy O'Reilly's books in Humble Bundle for a cheap price and find them generally of good quality. In terms of content, I would be very interested in modern C++, Qt, technical writing, and also UX design.

Cheers,

Carl

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
Le dimanche, mai 17, 2020 11:26 AM, Lydia Pintscher <lydia at kde.org> a écrit :

> Hey everyone,
> 

> We are exploring more ways to help our community members grow and
> expand their skills. One initiative are the trainings we'll be doing
> at Akademy but we don't want to stop there. One thing that came up as
> an additional venue to explore is access to professional libraries,
> like O'Reilly's video and book library. I'd like to know if this is
> something you are interested in and if so which kind of content from
> which provider you'd be interested in.
> 

> Cheers
> Lydia
> 

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> 

> Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher
> KDE e.V. Board of Directors
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