Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:30:26 +0000 From: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Stephen Roome <steveroo@mothra.bri.hp.com>, Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Orielly book Message-ID: <380764B2.513B03EE@owp.csus.edu> References: <199910141632.MAA53620@blackhelicopters.org> <Pine.HPX.4.10.9910141744380.21065-100000@mothra.bri.hp.com> <19991015150724.07602@mojave.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote:
> > AFAIK the orielly books are fairly technical generally, maybe for Linux they
> > can afford to produce a couple of simple "here's a getting started guide" type
> > books, but probably not for FreeBSD.
>
> Well, I'm an O'Reilly author ("Porting UNIX Software"), and I
> disagree. I'd say that, for example, Addison-Wesley are more
> technical.
I've really liked most of the O'Reilly books. But I have to admit that
a large portion of their books are for the mid range knowledge on the
subject. However many of those are great resources, the the Camel book
for Perl.
I recently bought the MySQL/mSQL book and I was really disappointed.
This is one book that I wonder what O'Reilly was thinking. I realize it
may be hard because I've been spoiled by the great online docs for
MySQL, but I was really hoping for something that would have more in
depth info on stuff like scaling issues, replicating DB's, and such.
> OK, for the sake of discussion, which publisher do you people prefer?
> Addison Wesley or O'Reilly? I'm also discussing a book with AW, and I
> could do with some input.
In general I would say O'Reilly, I still think they have a great rep.
However in my case I would probably buy a FreeBSD book done by either
one ( or both if that was the case ).
--
Joseph Scott
joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu
Office Of Water Programs - CSU Sacramento
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