bob@teamate.UUCP (bob) (05/13/91)
>In article <192@teamate.UUCP>, bob@teamate.UUCP (bob) writes: >> Matthew Rapaport's new book "Computer Mediated Communications" is >> out published by Wiley Professional Computing. >> ISBN 0-471-51642-2 ...-- >Do you have any idea what the contents are? Have you seen the Table >of Contents for example? I don't like ordering _any_ book sight unseen. >Thanks I read the first half of the book the first night but then my partner took it and I haven't finished. I liked it. Good historical perspective and current information. Oriented more towards wide area conferencing systems but mentions the Xerox project, LENS, etc. and does a good look at a number of software packages (including ours, TEAMate :-) and is accurate and fair. Book costs $46.00 but is worthwhile to read and as a resource. After a year or so will be out of date but still worth it. Bob -- MMB Development Corporation, 904 Manhattan Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 "The TEAMate UNIX BBS for SUN, DEC, IBM, AT&T, HP and INTEL" VOICE: (213) 318-1322 or bob@teamate.uunet.uu.net
mjr@well.sf.ca.us (Matthew Rapaport) (05/19/91)
>Book costs $46.00 but is worthwhile to read and as a resource.
YOW!! The retail price was supposed to be $32.95! I don't know if the
publisher can control distributor prices, but let me know who's retailing
for $46, and I'll pass the word to the pub. anyway, we might as well
see what's happening...
Thanks for the plug. I worked hard on that book. It is not perfect by
any means. It has its strengths and weaknesses, as any other thing
might I imagine... As for table of contents, I would be glad to publish
them here on the net if I get a vote for it. As it is, I was once
chastized for once posting something as long (about 6k), though I've
seen many longer postings than that... Anyway, one vote for a posting
of the book's table of contents, and I'll send it here...
Otherwise, I'll be glad to address issues raised, good points, and bad.
I don't take criticism personally, much of it is certainly well deserved...
Yours truely...
the author
matthew rapaport
mjr@well.sf.ca.usdlarson@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dale Larson) (05/19/91)
In article <24861@well.sf.ca.us> mjr@well.sf.ca.us (Matthew Rapaport) writes: >seen many longer postings than that... Anyway, one vote for a posting >of the book's table of contents, and I'll send it here... Please post the book's table of contents. -- Dale Larson, Software Engineer, Amiga Network Development dlarson@cbmvax.commodore.com "A distributed system is one that stops you from getting any work done when a machine you've never even heard of crashes" -Lamport
martin@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Martin) (05/22/91)
You got (publicly) my vote for a Table of Content post.
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