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Title: Long-winded collection of opinions
Review: I thought I didn't know much about COM/DCOM - after reading this book, I still don't know much more.The author presents a lot of opinions without telling the reader how he justifies them (like saying Java is the worst choice for the user interface - the example he gives is ludicrous). On the other hand, if J++ were the only development environment for Java, I might agree with him, but it isn't.The message about Java is contradictory - the author is so obsessed about Java being the best language for COM development that any shortcomings are dismissed as growing pains, while shortcomings in other areas make the language unsuitable for any other purpose... there are a number of technical errors too (just an example: see the example on p. 141 - one wonders what "Class.forName" in Java is for if not for this purpose).To paraphrase Monty Python: This is not a book for reading - this is a book for lying down and avoiding.
