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Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms
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by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Maarten van Steen
Sales Rank: 190366
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List Price: $108.00
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Hardcover: 803 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; US Ed edition January 15, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0130888931
ISBN-13: 978-0130888938
Product Dimensions:
9.5 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
http://www.prenhall.com/tanenbaum.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I acquired this book after reading Tanenbaum's excellent "Modern Operating Systems, 2nd ed." While I enjoyed that book, I couldn't finish "Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms." Those without a programming background and a serious need to learn distributed design principles won't finish either. "Distributed Systems" doesn't engage the reader as "Modern Operating Systems" does. While important topics like communication, processes, naming, synchronization, etc. are given full chapter coverage, discussion within some chapters fall short. For example, why introduce the concept of "little" and "big endian" on pages 74 and 75, but not adequately explain what those terms mean? My favorite aspects of "Distributed Systems" were the chapter summaries. I could almost have had my interests satisfied by reading these concise descriptions of key computing ideas. If you don't need this book in the classroom, you'll probably be happy reading the summaries, too.
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