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From: jim@athsys.uucp (Jim Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: O'Reilly X Books
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Date: 12 Sep 88 21:48:27 GMT
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From article <469@pan.UUCP>, by jw@pan.UUCP (Jamie Watson):
> 
> I've just read the announcement in comp.newproducts about the new release
> of the O'Reilly books on X.  I would like to make a few comments about
> these books
>
> My first complaint ...
> 
> My second, and more serious, complaint ...
> 
> jw


	I just received my updates to the O'Reilly books, and they appear
to be a top notch job, especially considering the infancy of X windows.
They are professional in nature, yet guide the reader through the material
in an interesting way. I find them to be well laid out and information rich,
and would be hard pressed to program for X windows without them.

	Although more detailed and better books will inevitably follow, they
have done an amazing job in the short amount of time they have had to create
a comprehensive guide to understanding and programming X windows. They have
also published professionally and created an amazing wealth of information.

	For all those critics of these books, I await your complete and 
rich versions of the same information... professionally produced, et al.

	My hat is off to the efforts of O'Reilly and Associates for a job
well done -- it has been well worth the wait !!


-Jim Becker