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Linux, DOS and Windows. . . A How to build Yourself a 95 NT, 2000 Microsoft Active...
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by Reginald P. Burgess
Sales Rank: 6403789
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List Price: $37.95
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Paperback: 249 pages
Publisher: American Group Publishing April 1, 1999
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1891950037
ISBN-13: 978-1891950032
Product Dimensions:
8 x 5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
About The Author
The author is a 10 year PC veteran who is a Novell Certified Netware Engineer, an IBM Certified Lan Server Engineer, a Novell Certified UNIX Ware Engineer, and a Windows product specialist for Microsoft, who worked at Microsoft Corporation in 1995 as a software Test Engineer testing Windows NT in Redmond, WA. Prior to that he had done early development work on multitasking systems of OS/2, Windows and NT.
Customer Reviews & Comments
If Amazon's rating system would let me give a *negative* number of stars, I would. This book wasted my time. Although this book's title includes "How to build Yourself a 95/NT, 2000 Microsoft Active Directory Clone", there is in fact almost no information in the book as to "how to" do this - only the most general information is given. (There is some useful-appearing information {I think} on installing NDS for NT, though the rest of this book is so sloppy, I wouldn't trust it without trying it.) The Linux installation information is sketchy at best, the information for the WINE (WINdows Emulator), a key component to build a "windows clone", is virtually non-existent, documenting a few programming calls only. This book is mostly an anti-microsoft screed, (which I am not against - I bought the book precisely because I'm looking for non-Microsoft options), but it's *not* in ANY sense a "How To" book. The book includes coupons which will allegedly cause the author/publisher to send either 1 or 2 CDs (you figure it out - I can't). (Actually, it includes 2 such coupons, but one appears hopelessly out of date.) Inside the back cover is a sticker that says in part: "The value of this book is in the software you get, instructions and help directions you will find on the CD's - NOT IN THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK." (emphasis added.) Boy, that's for sure. This book has the appearance of being haphazardly assembled from various un-related sources with no proofreading at all. As an example, in one of the few actual technical tips, he discusses editting a file he repeatedly calls ".Xclients". Someone with a little HTML knowledge and Linux familiarity can tell he probably meant ".Xclients" - the "." looks like an HTML escape sequence for ".", so he took this from a web page somewhere with NO editting or proofreading. Many other cases of abrupt changes of subject, non-sequiturs, etc., are available. Finally, the book physically fell apart while I was reading it through the first time. I intend to send for the CD. When it arrives, I will install and test it and report back here on the results.
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