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@dafyre said in New book arrived:
@thwr said in New book arrived:
Don't like product specific IT books. They are most probably outdated the second they leave the printer.
While this is generally true, the concepts generally don't change too much or too often.
Sure, but what's the value compared to a good how-to, wiki, manual, ...
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@thwr said in New book arrived:
@dafyre said in New book arrived:
@thwr said in New book arrived:
Don't like product specific IT books. They are most probably outdated the second they leave the printer.
While this is generally true, the concepts generally don't change too much or too often.
Sure, but what's the value compared to a good how-to, wiki, manual, ...
The problem with those is most are written to be read only enough to solve a specific problem, not how to use or start from scratch. How-To's being the exception, but still even How-To's are mostly about single tasks.
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@Dashrender said in New book arrived:
@thwr said in New book arrived:
@dafyre said in New book arrived:
@thwr said in New book arrived:
Don't like product specific IT books. They are most probably outdated the second they leave the printer.
While this is generally true, the concepts generally don't change too much or too often.
Sure, but what's the value compared to a good how-to, wiki, manual, ...
The problem with those is most are written to be read only enough to solve a specific problem, not how to use or start from scratch. How-To's being the exception, but still even How-To's are mostly about single tasks.
Most popular products do have some deployment and / or planning guide. Take a look at Microsoft for example, there are tons of information on how to deploy products like SQL Server, Exchange or SharePoint. I'm not talking about checklists here, but in-depth publications.
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@thwr said in New book arrived:
@dafyre said in New book arrived:
@thwr said in New book arrived:
Don't like product specific IT books. They are most probably outdated the second they leave the printer.
While this is generally true, the concepts generally don't change too much or too often.
Sure, but what's the value compared to a good how-to, wiki, manual, ...
A lot of times, these Wikis, etc... tend to fall behind the times. Folks don't keep them updated as they should, etc... Just like the physical book... although updating a Wiki would be much easier than updating a paperback, lol.
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@scottalanmiller said in New book arrived:
@momurda said in New book arrived:
It is 125 pages
Not very much for this kind of thing.
Ya my KVM book is 468 pages. It includes a lot of extras, but they are all relevant.
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Well, I didn't have any real use for an IT book during the last 15 years. I was told to order a few like 5 years ago, so I've ordered something about "SharePoint 2010 Administration Handbook" (don't know the exact title) and an "in-depth" Windows Server 2008R2 book.
The SharePoint book was crap and the Windows Server book was even worse.
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The one really good IT book I still reference on a regular basis is: UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook.
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@coliver said in New book arrived:
The one really good IT book I still reference on a regular basis is: UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook.
Same here. A few Linux and C reference books, but that's it.
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@coliver said in New book arrived:
The one really good IT book I still reference on a regular basis is: UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook.
I have the "Linux Bible" it seems to be ok.
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I love IT books, but the right topic is important.
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@scottalanmiller said in New book arrived:
I love IT books, but the right topic is important.
Ya I don't read my FoxPro book much.
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@stacksofplates said in New book arrived:
@scottalanmiller said in New book arrived:
I love IT books, but the right topic is important.
Ya I don't read my FoxPro book much.
I think I might have some NT 3.51 book somewhere. Oh, and I'm sure I still have that HP-UX documentation that was delivered on CD. Included with the documentation was the first CD drive I had my dirty hands on, some single speed SCSI drive with a caddy.
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@scottalanmiller said in New book arrived:
I love IT books, but the right topic is important.
I really enjoyed the Mastering vSphere series. I have not read the one on version 6, but the ones on 5 and 5.5 were rather enjoyable.
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@NetworkNerd said in New book arrived:
@scottalanmiller said in New book arrived:
I love IT books, but the right topic is important.
I really enjoyed the Mastering vSphere series. I have not read the one on version 6, but the ones on 5 and 5.5 were rather enjoyable.
Because 50% of the book was about how to handle that SSO mess?
SCNR
