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From: baihelp@venus.tamu.edu (Ignatow, Bryan A.)
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Subject: Re: New Book Announcement: The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis
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Date: 7 May 91 04:57:34 GMT
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In article <154597@pyramid.pyramid.com>, lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes...
>In article <22502@shlump.lkg.dec.com> jain@manage.enet.dec.com (Raj Jain, DEC, 550 King st, Littleton, MA, 01460, 508-486-7642, Fax:486-5279) writes:
>>
>>              The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis:
>>  Techniques for Experimental Design, Measurement, Simulation, and Modeling
>>                                 By Raj Jain
>>
>>    John Wiley & Sons, New York, ISBN 0471-50336-3, 720 pages, April 1991.
>>
> 
..
>   While pride in your work is understandable....does concern
>   for netters disk space enter any where?

It is nice to see an announcment for a book on computer systems performance.
Having taken a class on the subject, I know that finding material on this
subject is not always the easiest.

I agree that pushing your own work for your own profit is not an admirable 
quality, but that is overshadowed by the synopsis, book highlights and outline
provided in the message, which I would not be able to find out, unless I 
invested the money to buy the book and read it.  But then how often is a person 
likely to buy a 720 page book to see if it is worth anything or is yet another
piece of trash on the subject.  (by the way, I find many of the subjects 
detailed in the overview and outline to be of sufficient interest to buy this
particular book)

Bryan A. Ignatow
Graduate Student, Computer Science
Texas A&M University

The above comments are not to be taken as a statement made by my employeers, 
department, college, or university.