Aren't those links just to rip-off sites? I notice that the books are still available for purchase elsewhere.
Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Preet Sangha Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2014 11:59 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Windows Internals 6th edition Wow I'm still digesting the Vista one :-) On 16 January 2014 14:21, Greg Keogh <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Folks, just FYI - I had two books just arrive by courier: Windows Internals Part-1 <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145305930.do> and Windows Internals Part-2 <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145344403.do> I had no idea until I looked just now, but both books are available as PDFs from Here <http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&v ed=0CDsQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fafis.ucc.ie%2Ftbutler%2FWindows%2520Internals% 2520Part%25201%2520(6th%2520Edition).pdf&ei=Yy3XUsL8JoiWkgWzyYDACA&usg=AFQjC NFenBrFZXnciZ7BiZAx9rnTwchwug&sig2=7YKclXJIyU7Yvg8G9JiJ3w&bvm=bv.59568121,d. dGI> (25MB) and Here <http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&v ed=0CC4QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgegeek.com%2Fdocuments%2FeBooks%2FWindows%2520 Internals%2520Part%25202_6th%2520Edition.pdf&ei=Yy3XUsL8JoiWkgWzyYDACA&usg=A FQjCNFqPokfhKGj35ckpn6BTj-LhVJT5Q&sig2=lxdn9VY-cYfQP8sVkjHuTQ&bvm=bv.5956812 1,d.dGI> (22MB). I've been flipping through the books and all I can think of is what Homer Simpson said when he opened his operator manual looking for a way of averting a meltdown: "Who could have thought a nuclear reactor would be so complicated". There's so much detailed information in these books that I reckon you could write Windows from them. The tables of contents of the books give you an idea of how technical and geeky they are. The text is dense with lots of nice diagrams but it's all very neatly organised and from my 15 minutes of flipping through it looks very readable. The Security chapter is one of the fattest, so that'll be interesting reading. I highly recommend these books for anyone who likes getting down close to the wire. Greg K -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
