In case anyone still reading, I've gotten up a
web site for the book that has some things that may help you decide if the book is for you or not (full index, table of contents, etc.).
The original poster says that the "behind-the-scene purposeis apparently to push a new book that O'Reilly published this month". Actually, that's pretty much the main point of the article -- to justify the need for a second edition, and to let people know what they'd get (or, if not interested, what they're passing on).
I wrote the article so that people would have a feel for what's new in the book. Of course, my hope is that people are interested in the new content, but my general feeling is that the worst that can happen is that someone buys the book and finds out that it's not what they expected. Unmet expectations pretty much suck, and I hope the article helps avoid some of that suckage.... and piques some interest, as well.
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Jeffrey
The original poster says that the "behind-the-scene purposeis apparently to push a new book that O'Reilly published this month". Actually, that's pretty much the main point of the article -- to justify the need for a second edition, and to let people know what they'd get (or, if not interested, what they're passing on).
I wrote the article so that people would have a feel for what's new in the book. Of course, my hope is that people are interested in the new content, but my general feeling is that the worst that can happen is that someone buys the book and finds out that it's not what they expected. Unmet expectations pretty much suck, and I hope the article helps avoid some of that suckage.... and piques some interest, as well.
Jeffrey