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…ssing one of my courses) and pawning off my textbook at around 80% of List (Commons book store was around 65-70%). about 10-15% of the time I would get stuck with a book when the course required a new revision. I'd say about 30% of the time the new revision was just a scam to drive new revenue, 50% of the time it was minor touchups of some substance, and maybe 20% (at most) it was significant new material. The reality, is that with very, very few exceptions, the textbooks that were recommended weren't that books that I wanted to hold onto for life. (Exception like Radia Perlman's Interconnections, Stewart's Calculus Series, did find a permanent home with me - maybe a dozen books- but they were exceptions. Most of the great books for life I purchased as a result of my own searches.) What I would love to do, in hindsight, is go back and tal…

It's charming to see budding network engineers (re)discover L2/L3 differentiation issues. See "Interconnections" by Radia Perlman for the robust review of that story. It's a must read.