Understanding COM+

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Summary: Management Only
Review: EXTREMELY basic. Not worth your time if you are actually going to be programming. 100,000ft view of COM+ if it even got that low.

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Summary: Very Basic - Better Help file
Review: I agree with the previous review. However, the reviewer is much more graceful than I am to give it 4 stars. I read Mr. Platt's previous book - The Essence of COM with ActiveX and I know he is capable of doing better than his latest one. I don't understand why would someone intentionally write a bad book. I also agree with the previous reviewer that there needs to be 2 books on COM+ one on VB and the other on VC. I suggest looking at Mastering COM/COM+ by Rofail/Shohoud, it covers both VB and VC++, it is actually a very good book on the subject. I have not reviewed it yet because I have not gone throw it all but, so far so good.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: I began to appreciate the book once I downloaded the samples and debugged them on Dev Studio. This book is for someone who already has a lot of experience in COM, but wants to get their feet wet with COM+ concepts.

It would have been nice if more explanation was given on TNA (Thread neutral apartments) and concurrency.

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Summary: Good, but more books needed
Review: This book is very helpful to anyone who understands COM but are confused by the vast array of new services offered by COM+. This is the first book they should read. However, this book is (intentionally) very incomplete, lacking any actual programming how-to.

I think 2 more books are needed for a healthy understanding of COM+. The next book should be an easy Visual Basic how-to guide, and the book after that should be a more hard core VC++ guide/reference book.

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Summary: Good overview for COM+
Review: This book is very well written and is easy to understand (even for a non-technical person). The author have explained the essential principles and concepts about COM+. If you want to learn and understand COM+, this book is your best choice. I suggest that the reader should read some other books or papers about COM and MTS before reading this book.

The style of writing is very graceful, so it is hard for me to translate it into Chinese.

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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: 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!