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Your book definitely saved me a LOT of work preparing to teach my QuickBooks classes. I found the exercises to be just the right length for what I'm doing. The good news is that I learned a thing or two from the book myself!

If you're looking for examples of Java in the real world, this is the book for you. This book hits the mark with a case-study approach to describing Java's practical uses. There's little Java hype, which is refreshing. The reader gets a sense of the possibilities of the new language and the system development paradigm that goes along with it

If you use JMP and need something to fill in the statistical details omitted in the user manuals, then this is the book for you.

I have used JMP for a while, and with a basic knowledge of statistics it is a useful tool. It got to the stage where I knew that JMP was capable of doing alot more analysis than my limited knowledge of statistics would let me understand. I could get the software to carry out all manner of analyses, I just didn't always understand what the output was telling me. The book "JMP Start Statistics" starts right at the beginning and takes you all the way through to things such as multiple regression, design of experiments and statistical quality control, all the while explaining the statistics in a clear and concise manner. This book will definitely help you get more out of JMP than just the manuals, which tend to assume you already have a statistics background, would.

If you are looking to have devotions at home, but do not know where to begin, stop looking. This book and the entire series are excellent. They teach biblical values through hands on expereince. As a pastor of a church, I am recommending this series to all members who have children. You do not need to know theology or know how to teach, just have a desire to set aside time one night per week and enjoy time teaching, learning and growing with your kids in a Christ centered fun way.

This work, which I discovered at the local university design library (thanks to an industrious librarian - thanks go out to her), is a marvelous reference for 34 different applications which are used throughout the graphics design world.

As a business person and, perhaps not professional but certainly more than an amateur, graphics designer, one who is more than familiar with many of the applications discussed, I still found the selection of logos and the author's choice to tie them to SPECIFIC features within the applications presented (such as Photoshop filters), to be invaluable. Indeed, thanks to this work, I have discovered there are some filters in software I currently own that I have never discovered but will now,of a certainty, use.

Perhaps more advanced than an introductory book, for the filters and effects are listed with actual logo art examples of their application but not the various settings to achieve the precise effect presented (which would be an impossible task - we each must play with them to learn their nuances), the work would, I think, be equally invaluable for those trying to decide which of these very expensive software packages to buy.

I wish I had owned it before I spent thousands of dollars on software unsuited to my needs.

Well worth the price..

Managing Software Acquisition: Open Systems and COTS Products is an in-depth guide to gaining open systems and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products. Getting the right software and using it properly can save great amounts of time and cost during the life of a computer system. Business managers and staff must closely understand what is entailed in the often difficult transition from in-house, custom-made software to commercial market products. With reference models, projected cost implications, contracting strategies, and much more, Managing Software Acquisition is strongly recommended for anyone in a business who needs to upgrade their software regularly!

In 'Managing Software Quality and Business Risk' Martyn Ould travels further down the road on which he set out in his excellent 1990 book, 'Strategies for Software Engineering'. His basic premise then, and here, is that successful and achievable plans for software development must be based on both the assessment of risk and the achievement of quality - and the activities that flow from addressing these two concerns. The author has advice for us both as managers and engineers in this very readable book. His arguments are based on sound principles and amplified with excellent real-life anecdotes and experiences that bear out his ideas. He puts you in the driving seat and stands quietly behind you, giving you clear, well-considered, and, above all, practical advice on how to plan your software project. If you enjoyed his first book, this one is definitely for you. If you haven't yet read him, then do so now! Slightly disappointingly, the book does not set out to help you run your project. We could well do with such sensible advice here as well. How about another book, Martyn?

As a computerized accounting instructor I have found the current edition of this book to be a helpful teaching tool. It allows students to work at their own pace and does not require previous computer or accounting experience. Starting with the basics of installing the provided software each chapter is a step by step lesson for company setup, customer and sales management, purchasing,etc. Numerous examples allow the student to determine if steps have been inputted correctly. Along with the CD that contains an educational version of Peachtree 7.0 five floppy disk containing business simulations are included.

This is the finest BizTalk admin's guide that I've seen yet! It's clear, concise, and gets right to the point. It has a great index, nicely laid-out table of contents, and the authors did a great job demonstrating how to start from scratch and build a scalable BizTalk Server messaging bus environment.

This book is filled with practical directions on using Microsoft Excel.... A particularly useful chapter in the book is one on good spreadsheet file design (identification area, input area, output area).