5 comments about COM/DCOM Unleashed (Unleashed Series).

1. This book is just GREAT! I was struggling at work, but this book kept me going. It gives tips and helpful advice!



2. I found this book , very usefull becuase of describing a lot of subjects in the environment of Com/Dcom . The book is written in simple english and has a lot of good examples.



3. Anyone rating this book above a one is either a friend of the author or has shares in the publisher. The books consists of random chapters with no common thread or purpose.

   From a basic introduction to multi-tier applications we jump into advanced COM techniques (where were the basic ones?) with no details of their use or benefit.

   The book requires a good deal of COM/DCOM knowledge to make sense of it and offers little insight or explanation. For example, the different threading types are coded with little description in the text and there is no discussion as to their use or application.

   I picked the book up for $7 dollars and I feel its barely worth that, never mind $31.




4. I keep coming back to this book and finding more and more information on working with the various parts of COM. I definitely recommend COM/DCOM Unleashed to anybody using COM.



5. Micro$oft is famous for its ability to push out new development technologies. The reason behind this planned obsolesence is obvious, every time they come out with something new people will have to open their wallets to "keep up."

   DCOM is just another disposable technology. As such, it was a complete failure; one that the marketing folks at M$ have tried to bury as quickly as possible under an avalanche of .NET hype.

   DCOM was hard to port because, like COM, it is based on a binary standard (i.e. a standard that changes when you leave x86 and go to 64-bit RISC). Not only that, but DCOM doesn't support distributed transactions. Worst of all, DCOM is a very, very complicated technology to use. Three strikes... YOU'RE OUT!

   The half-wit MBAs at Micro$oft realized their mistake and have abandoned DCOM, leaving it forever in the backwaters where the only record of its sorry existence are stupid books like this.

   I have no idea why someone would want to buy this book. Folks, this is a dead technology. It is no more. It is an ex-techology. If you buy this book, you are lying to yourself. This book will sit an gather dust, unless you can find more productive uses for it...like burning it to stay warm.

   The sad fact of the "Unleashed" series is that the publisher thought that by releasing huge, 1000-page books, that they would get more shelf space and attract attention. It's all a marketing ploy. You could easily condense everything down to 200 pages. So hunker down, grab a marshmallow, and throw this monster book on the campfire.

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5 comments about Novell's ManageWise¿ Administrator's Handbook.

1. This does not go into enough detail. You can get more information from Novell's website.



2. If you are looking for a useful book with detailed information, don't buy this one. The material in this book is even more sparce than the on-line documentation from Novell's website. We're still looking for a good "non-Novell written" book on installing and administering Managewise. Definately save your money and look elsewhere!



3. Save yourself some time and money by NOT purchasing this book. While some of the info is interesting and very well written, this treatment lacks the depth of field to live up to the title of an Administrator's Handbook. It's more suited for use in getting your CFO to seriously consider purchasing the product. It's lack of detail and overview presentation style is just the thing for preparing those executive budget request for new technology.

   You're much better off getting the ManageWise Doc off the ManageWise CD, but be prepared - it's in PDF format.




4. This book discusses administration of version 2.6, Novell released version 2.7 in January rendering this book obsolete.



5. This book is obsolete. Period
   The product is very easy to install and deploy, but the book does not give you more knowledge than reading the help and searching novell's site.
   Do yourself a favour, look elsewhere