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Summary: A pretty good encyclopedia of c/s technologies
Review: A must read for IT managers who would be choosing from many different client/server technologies. It does justice to the title of the book. This book is to give you a detailed overview only. To apply any technology towards a business solution needs a lot more work and research than reading this book. As a software implementor I would tend to agree with most of the soapboxes presented in the book. I especially liked the evaluation of the merits of CORBA/EJB over the competing technologies.
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Summary: Excellent book at a reasonable price
Review: A well-written, comprehensive, and entertaining guide to understanding the various current developments in client/server technology today. As an experienced software developer, I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in this area.
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Summary: A True C/S Web Survial Guide
Review: Althpough written back in the 20th century you will find a better overview how the distributed, client/server, Web world works and functions. the soapbox panels are the recommendations I've seen todate. The author's writing style and clarity are just what illustrate the subject areas well for both newbees & techies alike.I am eagerly awaiting Ms. Edwards next book on whatever subjectr she decides to tackle! Do NOT miss the other books in this series produced by her, her husband Dan & etal.
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Summary: A True C/S Web Survial Guide
Review: Althpough written back in the 20th century you will find a better overview how the distributed, client/server, Web world works and functions. the soapbox panels are the recommendations I've seen todate. The author's writing style and clarity are just what illustrate the subject areas well for both newbees & techies alike. I am eagerly awaiting Ms. Edwards next book on whatever subjectr she decides to tackle! Do NOT miss the other books in this series produced by her, her husband Dan & etal.
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Summary: A clear look in the Client/Server universe
Review: Book's cover can seem funny. Read it and you will find out a terrible among of information and trends. It covers the whole of technologies to make use of in 2-tier and 3-tier architectures, component-based technologies, comparisons, extension to the Internet/Intranets/Extranets world, and so on. Thus, it talk about networking, operating systems, client-side and server-side technologies, application servers, databases in different configurations (Relational, datawarehouse, DSS, Data Mining, ...), CORBA, kind of communication between distributed tiers, groupware, transactional monitors and other middlewares, and so on. An ideal book for people wanting to get plenty of good information about Client/Server architectures.
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Summary: Good read for the neophyte, but the acronmyns will kill you!
Review: For someone looking to understand the nuts and bolts of the client/server world, this is a good, one-stop "shop" to find it. But I would urge its authors to include a glossary of acronymns -- or to at least include every acronymn in the index. The TLAs are ubiquitous and hard to remember from one chapter to the next!
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Summary: Excellent big picture book with the right amount of details
Review: Having worked in the IT industry for over 16 years, I've seen the insides of many large and small companies. But even with professional programming experience (on mainframes and PCs), as well in setting up LANs and WANs, exposure to the breadth of technology hasn't happened for me. And with technology now changing at hyper speed, it seemed impossible. I needed help to see the big picture. A well-respected guru recommended this book. I worried that I should complete my Java 2 certification preparations before I invested the time to read it, but these were misplaced worries. The knowledge this book gave me about the world of objects, ORBs, and Internet technologies definitely prepares me for the future. By the way - when I read that one of the authors worked for BEA Systems, another for IBM, I was a little worried that author biases might creep in. Again, misplaced worries. Frankly, this is the best technology book I've ever read. The editing is superb, the illustrations illuminating, the insights terrific
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Summary: Good Book for Client/Server Rookies.
Review: I am involved as a user coordinator in my company's project on replacing a mainframe with client/server architecture. I did not have much experience in client/server and have been looking around for sources of information on this subject. I feel very lucky to find this book which helped me to get started in this area. I still haven't finished this book but I am already more confident to put forward my suggestion in project meetings. I am sure that there are a lot of people like me out there and I would recommend this book for all beginners in client/server.
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Summary: Finaly updated to the 1999 Web !!
Review: I bought 2nd. Edition at the beginning of this year, and in spite of the good contents, I was disappointed because of the missing of the modern Web and Java Enterprise. Now they added this issues and the book is a classic updated to this time. Great overview of the C/S and distributed systems technology. A must for everyone who deals in these matters.
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Summary: a Must-read book in the computer industry
Review: I bought this book to learn about distributed objects and relational/object databases. So I read part1, part4 and part7. Then I could not stop to read the other parts. The book can be everything except boring. In each part, there is always a chapter about the players (products in the market), I really enjoy this chapters, because you can know what is the matter in the computer industrie. Specially I liked the dual between CORBA and COM+. I think I will buy the other book Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA. THANKS for the authors.
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