[kw-pm] [kwlug disc.] from the LUG book contact at o'reilly (fwd)

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Sat Jul 26 14:23:08 CDT 2003


On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, lloyd carr wrote:

> See "good" reviews do pay ;-)

oh, i don't know.  charles' review was not gushy, falling over
itself with praise.  he criticized what needed to be criticized,
which is what a good review should do.

i'm curious what might have happened if he had absolutely
*hammered* the book.  after all, ORA does occasionally put out
a real dog.  from what i've heard, their book on linux clusters
was so bad, it was dropped from print.

and i've heard there's at least one perl book that's not worth
the money, no? 

i think the only inviolable rule is to be honest.  brutally
so, if need be.

rady



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