Rating: 
Summary: Very Good, just need a little hint ....
Review: When I wrote this comment (25012000) all reviewers gave 5 stars to this book, and I did agree with them. I'd like just to add a hint: Essential COM (Don Box) book is better to explain COM, but if you are really new to COM read this Thai's book first (don't forget to read the appendix when you have read 4 first chapters), and then you can read the Essential COM.
Rating: 
Summary: Looking for a good DCOM book? Keep looking.
Review: Would you trust the technical expertise of a programmer who writes this: if (g_hExitEvent == NULL) assert(false); This book is replete with this and other nuggets of technical prowess. The surrounding text is no better. Thai's English syntax is downright odd. His analogies are frequently tortured or nonsensical. All of this distracts the reader from the technical content. There is high praise for that content from my predecessor reviewers, but I thought his presentation was haphazard and unenlightening. I have found previous O'Reilly books quite good, but they did a very disappointing job on this one.
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