From kde-devel  Fri Apr 09 03:06:06 1999
From: Cristian Tibirna <ctibirna () total ! net>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 03:06:06 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: CORBA Book
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On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Kurt Granroth wrote:

> Kalle Dalheimer wrote:
> > Kurt Granroth wrote:
> > > There is a book that just came out by Henning and somebody else.   I don't
> > > remember what it is called.. I DO remember that it is incredibly highly
> > > recommended by everybody on 'comp.objects'.   Henning, himself, is very
> > > prolific on that newsgroup and if his book is as good as his answers (and
> > > web site), then it probably lives up to the hype.
> > > 
> > > I'll be buying it pretty soon, now.
> > 
> > The book you are probably talking about is:
> > 
> > Michi Henning, Steve Vinoski: Advanced CORBA Programming with C++,
> > Addison-Wesley 1999, ISBN 0-201-37927-9, USD 54,95.
> > 
> > I bought it yesterday and from what I have seen so far (skimmed through
> > it), it is very, very good. Also got excellent ratings at amazon.com.
> 
> That's the one!  I keep waiting for *somebody* to say that this book isn't so
> great since there's always at least *one* person that doesn't like even great
> things... but I haven't one single nay out of anybody that has reviewed or
> read it.
> -- 

Here I am :-))

1) The "Prerequisites" section says that this book is not at all a thing
to use for learning CORBA from the basement up. In other words, it's
meant for *already* knowledgeable people. I believe M. Henning,
since his tone and phrase style are those of a very clever person.

2) It has 2 kg :-)

3) ... Costs 95 CAN$, ~ 1/4 of my last phd research salary ever :-) I
really can't afford it now. Maybe in autumn. Too bad for me :-(

Cristian