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Title: Lacks the big picture view
Review: This book does not convey the "big picture view".The book goes through several chapters exposing details of technologies and standards surrounding Application Servers and the Web overall. I didn't find any glaring mistakes in those explanations per se. But then the author completely misses the opportunity to put the details into perspective and tie them together in a coherent whole.Also there are no clear lists or guidelines as to what features to look for in an Application server and how to narrow the choices and pick one from the huge list of offerings.I can not agree more with the first reviewers comments here about the section (#4) titled 'Maintainence'. Seems like a complete filler.Who knows, maybe the Author did have something to say but maybe the publishers rushed this book to print before he could pin it down and refine it.
