Title: Verbose and unfocused
Product review: While this tome does have some useful information in it, the reader would be better served by reading a single case study in which the reader actually learns how to produce a real-world solution. This book attempts to provide coverage of a wide range of topics in a disjointed and rambling fashion. Heavy on theory, light on application, the reader is bored silly after the first hundred pages and is referred to Microsoft's website for case studies worth anything. The title of this book (and the reason people buy it) is very misleading. A more accurate title would be something like "A sampling of distributed application technologies -- past and present." This book has a purely academic tone to it. The bottom line is -- theory won't put bread on the table, unless of course you are a writer or a professor. Good luck.
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