I'm changing jobs and decided to read up on distributed systems. The image to the left is of a book i purchased. The book is very well written and really hits the spot in covering a complex topic. It's hard to find a good book that covers a wide range of sub-topics really well. I recommend it.
However, the thing i wanted to bring your attention to is one of the references inside this book. Here it is verbatim:
"Alonso, et al., Web Services: Concepts, Architectures and Applications.
The popularity of intricacy of Web services has led to an endless stream of documents, many of which can be characterized only as garbage. In contrast, this is one of the very few books that gives a crystal-clear description of what Web services are all about. Highly recommended as an introduction to the novice, an overview for those who had read too much of the garbage, and an example for those producing the garbage"
What a beautiful reference. It is also a great piece of marketing as i went and bought a copy off amazon.co.uk! In a couple of weeks i will let you know if Alonso, et al live up to the reference. IN the meantime back to tanenbaum and van steen.
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Tanenbaum??? Now that brings back long, dormant memories! Though I confess I can't remember much of the contents, I can still see the original cover in my mind's eye!
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