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Summary: A technical accurate, brilliant and clear no code intro
Review: If you are interested in COM this is a must read. Clear, easy to follow, accurate explanation of the concepts. If you are interested in code look at Don Box "Essential COM" book, but read this one first.
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Summary: Good overview
Review: If you want to know whether COM is worth reading more about, start with this book. It is a high level overview that even a manager can read (and think he/she understands)!That being said, keep away from non-programmers, they will get the impression that COM/OLE is soooo simple that anybody can do it. 8)
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: One thing is clear: no matter what they said, the authors of other com/activex related books didn't want you to understand these topics. Read this book thoroughly first before you take a deep breathe and go through the wrong statements and rubbish codes from other books. Besides, when you finish this book, you will find it is worth at least 10 times more than its price.
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Summary: The best overview of COM, OLE and ActiveX technologies.
Review: Reading this book was a delight! I am a C++ developer but stil the plain language used here made me understand things that are hidden between the lines of Inside COM of Dale Rogerson. On the negative side, I think the author is devoting too much to OLE embedding a linking. I don't know how many people are interseted in this... I think this is the FIRST book to be read for someone who starts with COM, OLE and ActiveX. From here, you have to go to Inside COM and-if time permitted and you are a very curious person- to Inside OLE.
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Summary: The best COM overview book
Review: The author covers the essential principles and concepts with the least amount of clutter. This book is still the best introduction to COM out there.
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Summary: The King of all introductory Books about COM technologies
Review: This book is a deep survey of COM within 300 clearly written pages, and many many pictures and schemes. If you are looking for code examples etc. it is NOT FOR YOU. But if you want to understand what is COM, what are COM related technologies; if you are looking for best introduction, it has no rival.
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Summary: MUST READ FOR BEGINNER IN COM.
Review: This book is very interesting especially for beginner of COM developer. I suggest the reader to read the INSIDE COM after or while read this book. The book explained really easy to be understandable. Thank's the writer footnote in every pages.
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Summary: Excellent book for COM beginner
Review: This book is very well written and is easy to understand (even for a non-technical person). If you didn't know COM and want to start learning the technology, this is THE book to start with.
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Summary: Better for Project Managers
Review: This is an all around good book. However you will not be able to produce any code after reading it. It will give you an introduction to COM, OLE, and ActiveX technologies. You will especially not be able to use the OLE interfaces after reading this book, you will just have an idea of what they are. Buy it, I recommend it, just know what you will gain from it.
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Summary: Better for Project Managers
Review: This is an all around good book. However you will not be able to produce any code after reading it. It will give you an introduction to COM, OLE, and ActiveX technologies. You will especially not be able to use the OLE interfaces after reading this book, you will just have an idea of what they are. Buy it, I recommend it, just know what you will gain from it.
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