From: | Samy Elashmawy <samelash(at)ix(dot)netcom(dot)com> |
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To: | Ken Gunderson <webweaver(at)rmci(dot)net>, Bill Meahan <wmeahan(at)flash(dot)net>, "John Henderson" <jrh(at)is(dot)com(dot)fj>, <pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Studying |
Date: | 1999-10-30 12:50:35 |
Message-ID: | 3.0.3.32.19991030125035.010ba6d0@popd.ix.netcom.com |
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on more advanced topics, I would mention Kimball's work as well.
>
>I personally disagree with your assertion about never going wrong with
>O'Reilly. While for many topics O'Reilly is my publisher of choice, I'm
>finding that newer titles increasingly disappoint. I don't want to mention
>specifics out of respect for the authors, as it's the editors who are
>leveraging them to water down the content for greater mass appeal.
>Evidently the bean counters have figured out that there is more money to be
>made by targeting the beginning to intermediate audience than the
>traditional O'Reilly target of the intermediate to advanced user. It
You hit the nial right on the head , as a bebiner to somwhat intermediate ,
I have found most orielly books too advanced and skiimp on detials. But it
must hit the more advanced crowd on the mark , as you find them every where.
To bad there is not a third party book on suse. That would be trealy need.
My most thumbed throgh linux book is a hard cover version fo "doctor Linux"
that is a basic reprint of ALL the How Tos. all in one "telephone book"
Real neet as it usualy starts out at a readable leval , then gos on up from
there , and if you thumb around a bbit you will find what you want.
>apppears to me as if WROX is poised to fill this niche now, although I am
>not particularly enamored with their layout.
>
>So there's my $0.02. Back to the lurk mode now...
>
>Ciao--Ken
>http://www.y2know.org/safari/
>
>FreeBSD- Viagra for your server ;^)
>
>************
>
>
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