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From: dayger@penelope.Oswego.EDU (Tim Dayger)
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Subject: Seeking opinions on Quaterman's "Matrix"
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Date: 5 Sep 90 02:01:02 GMT
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All:

I'm thinking about purchasing a copy of John Quaterman's book the "Matrix".
I'd like to hear from people who've read it.

My main questions are these;

	1) How comprehensive/complete is it?  Do you feel that you gained a
	   substantial amount of knowledge/understanding from it?

	2) How "readable" is this work:  Is it written in fairly plain English,
	   such that someone oF normal intelligence with general knowledge of
	   existing networks can fathom it?  Or is this another one of those
	   "textbooks" where the author tries to dazzle the reader with his
	   extreme brilliance and self-importance by packing 20 jargon terms
	   into every sentence; wether needed or not?

	3) Is it worth the $49.95 sticker-price?

Your response is appreciated.

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Tim E Dayger 
dayger@oswego.oswego.edu
dayger@snyoswva.bitnet
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