BKESNOPD.RVW   960318
 
"Essential OpenDoc", Jesse Feiler/Anthony Meadow, 1996, 0-201-47958-3,
U$24.95/C$34.00
%A   Jesse Feiler
%A   Anthony Meadow
%C   1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA   01867-9984
%D   1996
%G   0-201-47958-3
%I   Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
%O   U$24.95/C$34.00 800-822-6339 Fax 617-944-7273 bkexpress@aw.com
%P   275
%T   "Essential OpenDoc"
 
A book may fail in any number of ways.  It may be boring.  It may talk above
the level of the target audience.  It may contain errors.
 
It's pretty bad, though, when you can't even tell what the book, or topic, is
about.  Having read the book through, I can tell you that OpenDoc has something
to do with object-oriented programming, and something to do with allowing
modules written in different programming environments to work together.  that's
about it.
 
At the end of chapter two, the authors suggest that those with a computer
background may have problems with the concepts, while non-technical people have
none.  Allow me to suggest that this may be because the authors have patched
together a jungle of pseudo-profound verbiage which is of little or no use to
working developers.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKESNOPD.RVW   960318

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