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After reading this book, one is left to wonder which was the true passion. Founding a software company, growing grapes, or writing a book? Enlightening - given the status of all three.

Every potential entrepreneur should read this book, it compares the similarities of building a business vs cultivating. Very enlightening and uplifting. The author founded a software company her self and has done several other occupations and has become quite wealthy doing so.

This is a good book if you don't feeling like opening the .NET documentation on your computer. It's got lots of tables and two full appendices copied from the docs in here. Good if reading the monitor hurts your eyes. The first couple chapters have a few tips on architecture that might be useful if you're a beginner to programming. The rest of the book's chapters give intros to the basic project templates like creating a Windows Services, running the debugger, etc. Also covers security issue areas like the most efficient way to concantenate strings.
In conclusion, a good intro book if you're brand spanking new to .NET.

This is quite a good introduction to new enterprise capabilities of the Visual Basic.NET. However I would say this book is more of a white paper on enterprise application design with VB.NET than a tutorial on how to get things done with codes work thru.
If you are looking for codes, this isn't the book for you. It is more suitable for system analyst and architect on evaluating the .NET platform as their enterprise application platform.
If you had read thru the whole .NET documentation on coding conventions, architecture and best practices, don't buy this book. A lot of materials are taken from the MSDN documentation and wrap it in a more understandable format.

The first review is clearly a plant from someone affiliated with the author or publisher

     There really isn't much to be said about this book other than it contains literally hundreds of sample resumes. It is the author's intent to allow readers to select the type of resume that seems right for them. The author expresses the concern that users of this book should express themselves visually by using the layout, wording, font styles, graphics, and even paper styles that reflect their personalities, personal needs, and objectives. Every person is different and so is each resume in this book!

     The major drawback of this book is the fact that it is sold without an accompanying CD or diskette that could contain all the sample resumes in the book. This would make custom editing a breeze, saving both time and perhaps money.

     Speaking of money, someone could buy this book and go into the resume writing business as a full-time or part-time employment opportunity! Furthermore, this line of business could be taken to the Internet. Many have already done this but there is always room for others to jump in! Consider obtaining a copy of the author's newer book, Resumes in Cyberspace, to make the transition to the Internet smoother. If you need a resume you need these books!

As a project in one of my MBA classes, we had to make 8 decisions in this "simulation" game. Over the semester, I have grown to hate the game and the book. The biggest problem with the game is that it is too rigid and does not mirror real life. The problem with the book itself is that it does not contain any information to assist you in making decision. There are also some misprints in the book as well. Avoid this book if you can, and if you can't, I wish you the best of luck!

I must disagree with the other reviewer! I use this simulation in my class and it works very well. However, it isn't simple and the base documentation isn't the best. The software is quite robust. The complexity of the simulation means this isn't just a game in which you can casually drop in some figures and see what happens - each team needs to spend at least 8 hours preparing and then about 2 hours deciding each set of moves! The reward is in simulation that faithfully reproduces and simplifies competitive and global forces.

NOTE - this software is totally useless to you unless it is offered as part of a class. You need at lest three teams AND the special administrator software only available to teaching professionals.

Full of factual errors, typos, misspellings and downright silly stuff, this "book" is truly no more than glossed-up marketing material for the company (Lingo Systems) which created it. Its value is accordingly neglible.

Think of this "book" as hard-copy spam which YOU have to pay for.

Buyer beware.

As a translator seeking more profound knowledge of the localization field, I found this book presented all the important issues. Their target is to educate software/web developers and others interested in internationalization & localization. I am recommending this book to such a company I work with, and would also propose it to others who want to know what is all this "Localization" stuff is about. Lingo Systems is a well reputed translation/localization firm in Portland, OR. Another great book for localization specialists is the one by Bert Esselink.

I really did not like this book. In fact I quit reading it at page 144. I really wanted to know something about the migration of (soft- and hardware) systems and the possibilities to deal with the many accompanying problems.

What I got was a loose assortment of information we could read over the past decades in our trade magazines. Besides the misleading title, I also could not find an added value in the contents: no special selection or special assessments of the topics. Just contents thrown at the reader.

Even many figures were just copied. What was obviously before in color is now in a blurred gray style. With the consequence that some legends can not be properly mapped to the figure elements.

I do still consider upgrades and migrations an important topic and would be thankful for a good book on it.

I really enjoyed this book! And that is a real surprise to me. I read it for the information and expected it to give me that. But, it is so well written that not only could I understand it but I also found it to be enjoyable reading and even humorous at times too. It was very easy for this "dummy" to understand. I loved it!

"Multimedia Training" is an excellent book for CBT and the techniques of making the training as effective and fun as possible. The examples are good but use Macromedia's Authorware 3 with the files using Authorware 2 formats. The current version of the program is 4. The files do not open, the features of the program do not work and with the changes make to create version 4 make the notation obsolete and confusing. Again the training ideas are great but the delivery system has to be updated. Since the heart of Computer Based Training is handling change, this book fails in its own backyard.

I found this book an excellent introduction to the development of TBL methods and software. The authors obviously know what they are writing about. My only complaint is that none of the lessons included as examples on the accompanying disk work as the book suggests. Specifically, the *.apw files which are supposed to open "when double-clicked in file manager" come up with a "feature not activated" comment. This is a pity. It would have been useful to see the working version of the example(s) before doing the lesson

Hesh Kestin's book was given to all Computer Associates employees when it was published. It is a look at a company that has a fairly strange internal culture. There is a breathless, tabloid quality to much of the writing, and you will not find much analysis here. On the other hand, it is a more measured source of information than the occasional article and postings on various chat and/or message boards.

Rarely have people outside the computer industry heard of Computer Associates, "CA", even in the tech-hyped investment community. Even in the software industry, many are unaware that it has been in the top 5 software companies by sales for many years.

This book, written in the early 90's provides a snapshot of how CA's management has created a specific corporate culture, very different than the typcial fast-moving software company.

Some points that were of interest to me:

1- The company growth is largely through acquisitions.

2- The company is an East Coast software company, not a California or Austin based company.

3- The company has been in business since the 70's.

4- The founders are still the managers and they still use the same basic business philosophy that they started with.

The book is brief and somewhat dated, but I think it provides an insight into a unique part of the technology industry. If you have read books on more prominent companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Intel, this is a good book for expanding your view of successful technology companies.

No one on this planet loves the fine prose of Nathan M. Bisk quite like I do. His flourishing adjectives, singing adverbs, and dancing prepositions dazzle me with each new work. With this latest tome, however, I feel The Artist has slipped a smidgon. Not to say that he ranks any lower than say, Faulkner, Hemingway, or Heche. He's still a master craftsman of words, but for some reason the CPA Comprehensive Exam Review, 2003 doesn;t have the same crackle of the 2002 or the wit and jib of the 2001 masterpiece.

Kevin Sharp has detailed the ins and outs of automatic identification. He covers the prevalent technologies including: bar codes, vision systems, voice recognition, magnetic stripes, and touch screens. In addition, he explains application of the technology to a variety of areas: manufacturing, asset management, health care, and document tracking. This book will provide the interested reader with an introduction to automatic identification technology. However, it is somewhat dated. It does not include the newer biometric identification technologies.