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From: bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: another TCP/IP book
Message-ID: <360@halley.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 88 20:49:13 GMT
References: <8805112228.AA28127@hogg.cc.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews)
Organization: Tandem Computers, Austin, TX
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John Davidson's book, An Introduction to TCP/IP is exactly that, an
introduction.  As such, it is likely to be less involving and intimidating than
Doug's book for someone who would rather read a quarter inch of paper and know
something than to read an inch of stuff.  It's likely that most netters have a
sufficient interest in TCP/IP to warrant choosing Doug's book, which looks
excellent, though I haven't read it yet.  But many netters, and perhaps the
majority of TCP/IP users in general, might be better served by a shorter
overview of TCP/IP, such as John's book.  The bad news is that they apparently
cost about the same, even though John's book is a quarter inch softback.  Oh,
well...

-bc
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