I stumbled across this site: http://www.albahari.com/threading/ It offers a nice free e-book on threading in C#. I haven't had time to read it but it looks quite good. Greetz, Ernst
If you're interested in anything .NET-ish (or anything free ), then you might wanna download this free Visual Basic 2005 book .
A new colleague of mine, Raynni Jourdain (LogicaCMG, Arnhem), pointed me towards this article about Java vs. .NET . In short, it says .NET for projects that have ease-of-use, need quick time to market and a lifespan of 2-5 years and Java for more complex projects, scalability and a lifespan of 5-10 years...
Googling for some info I hit this site with all kinds of free chapters, from elementary C# to the lesser known GraphicsPaths. All samples so free for download. As we say in Dutch: “us bin zuunig“ (“we're stingy“).