Dave Thomas [mailto:dave@pragprog.com] wrote humbly:
> But I really hope the book will be released free (later).
Gone will be
> the
> days when we'll just say "go, read the pickaxe"...Frankly, so do I. The plan is to release the previous version
for free
when each new edition is produced. I'd love to just give it away, but
right now writing books (and publishing them) is paying for food...
That is great news. Thank you in advance, sir Dave.
I will save to get 2 copies of your book. The other one I will give to my
friends 
Once ruby flourishes worldwide, so your book will, too... And money can
cater for everything (not just food)...
Thank you for your support to the ruby community.
Cheers
Dave
kind regards -botp