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Summary: COM+ doesn't have IMDB and Load Balancing
Review: This book is written nicely. The only problem is that it describes imaginary features that do not exist today like In Memory Database and Load Balancing. Why would anyone buy a book that is not connected to reality?
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Summary: great little book!
Review: This book presents the new features of COM+ in an extremely intelligent and sometimes very humorous way. Its focus is definitely not on the mechanics of the new components, but rather on their high-level purpose along with design and architectural issues. This allows the reader to gain perspective rapidly as the messy details are left to the Windows 2000 documentation.Bits of brillient philosophical insight are included. Read the epilogue and you can justify your comfy six-figure salary.
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Summary: Don't expect much in 230 pages
Review: This book provides an excellent overview of some of the services provided by COM+. Unfortunately, it does not go into enough depth to write applications that take advantages of these services. There are hardly any code examples and many of the explanations assume you already have a solid background on COM and MTS.
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Summary: Good for manager but not for serious COM+ developers
Review: This book provides good overview of what COM+ is although some of topics are out of date, such as IMDB. If you are eager to find out what is COM+ all about, then this is a good reference book for you start off. If you are looking for more detail information about specific details(the whys and internals)about COM+ features, I doubt this is the book you want to look at.
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Summary: Theorectical discussion of COM+
Review: This is a good theorectical discussion of COM+. It is not practical at all and is not a programming manual. I suggest it to the architect and designer thinking about using this technology.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: Very good first Book on COM+. Clears up a lot of misconceptions. However I am looking forward to "Essential COM+" or "Inside COM+".
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Summary: Excellent high-level overview of COM+
Review: Very similiar in scope and tone to David Chappell's classic "Understanding ActiveX and Ole" Explains the evolution of COM+ from COM/DCOM plus MTS and MSMQ, finally integrated into the operating system (Windows 2000). It is an entertaining, easy to read book, that even your manager should be able to understand. Its almost as good as listening to a Don Box lecture! Highly recommended!
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