What a load of blanket generalizations this topic has become. In the book I was in, I put I over 200 hours of work on my chapter alone. The reviewers included Chris Sells and Tom Restapo, both of which really know Managed C++. Our book is not perfect but its damn good. And part of the reason its good is because of the hard work our Wrox team did trying to ensure that it wasn't rushed and it was correct and good. I think we did it.
If you want to continue to bash Wrox books in general (including ones you have not read), feel free, but it means little. Its become akin to the Microsoft bashing that everyone else seems compelled to do. Incidentally, we are stuck with a one star "review" on Amazon by someone who didn't even read the book (and is likely the same person who trashed me). Are there any kind knowledgeable MC++ programmers out there willing to give it a fair review? That is after actually reading it? Thanks, Sam Gentile Co-Author Wrox Professional Visual C++.NET (ISBN 1861005962 ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/DotNet.htm BLOG: http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/ http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/ScienceFiction.htm -----Original Message----- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Morten Abrahamsen Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Can someone recommend an ADO.NET book I've been wondering if they have been paying their writers on a per page basis lately. Seems that their books have gotten more and more shallow, focusing on the 'get things up and running in 2 hours' audience. Been this way since the ATL books ... atleast what I've been looking through lately. (Professional ASP.Net was crap, the first .NET Framework book was crap... ) Too bad really .. now I just try to avoid the 'red' part of the bookstore shelves! Morty -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Fri 4/19/2002 6:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Can someone recommend an ADO.NET book I've gone a little sour on WROX books lately si I think I'll avoid ADO.Net Programmer's Reference. Is it just me or has WROX quality gone down? Marshall -----Original Message----- From: Jim Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Can someone recommend an ADO.NET book I can recommend NOT getting Wrox's ADO.Net Programmer's Reference. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 April 2002 15:46 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] Can someone recommend an ADO.NET book > So... can someone recommend a good book on ADO.NET? You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
