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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: CORBA Book
From:       <uwe () uwix ! alt ! na>
Date:       1999-04-09 11:00:11
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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.

There is one reader's comment on Amazon basically saying the book is crap.

Uwe

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