Title: Good, but needs serious editing
Product review: I'm currently using this book in a 7 month CNE course and have read almost every page--twice. Clarke's style is engaging and encouraging for the novice but he's not for everyone. He succeeds in making a highly technical subject lively reading. Alas, CNE initiates must also internalize this material for Novell's exam and their careers' sake. That's where the tradeoff comes in: lively reading for organization. Outlining Clarke has been the only way for me to organize and learn this material for the exam. Organization is sacrificed for cleverness however and the book really needs a seasoned editor to help organize it. There's also the usual bushel-basket of typos and grammatical mistakes found in computer books. But otherwise a fine way to study for the exams.
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