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Solving the Year 2000 Problem

Published in Hardcover by Morgan Kaufmann (1900)

Authors: James Edward Keogh, Stephen C. Ruten, and Jim Keogh

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Interesting but inaccurate

I agree with the reviews that mentioned that this book is simple and that it contains good anecdotes for presentations. But it is simple to a fault: when he actually starts trying to provide solutions like his "bridge program" on p170, most of them have terrible errors ("IF this two digit number is greater than 99, THEN...", etc). I recommend Ulrich and Hayes "The Year 2000 Software Crisis" instead.

A thoughtful introduction to Y2K, but little more.

As a Y2K professional, I had high hopes for this book - it was the first 'mass market' book that I had run across regarding the Year 2000 dilema. After reading nearly 100 pages of little but potential horror stories for January 1, 2000, I had no more Y2K project management insight than I could get (for free) from Peter DeJager's home page, www.year2000.com. I was, however, siezed by the urge to immediately clean out all of my bank accounts and hunker down in a remote wilderness cabin with a manual can opener (no damn computer chips in an electric can opener standing between me and my spagettio's) and my Y2K compliant shotgun.

"Solving the Year 2000 Problem" presents a plethora of fodder for marketing presentations. Anyone in the Y2K seminar business should be buying caseloads of this book and passing them out as freebies to potential clients. But don't be tempted to buy this book on the basis of constructing a Y2K project. It doesn't quite cut the mustard in that regard.

I would recommend the following book as a primer for Y2K project management:

"The Year 2000 Software Crisis: Challenge of the Century", by Wm. M. Ulrich and Ian S. Hayes, published by Yourden Press Computing Series.

tHE BEST BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GRASP THE YR2K ISSUES.

I don't think there is any book that can match this in simplicity, clarity and professionalism. Jim keogh is the best writer on the subject.

Complete MCSE Networking Essentials Training Course

Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall PTR (15 April, 1999)

Authors: Jim Keogh, John Deep, Ed Kear, James Edward Core McSe Keogh, and Jimm Keogh

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Not worth the money

I purchased this book as a study aid and reference to assist me in preparing for the MCSE tests. It is woefully and frightfully inadequate for that purpose. The text is replete with editorial and typographical errors and the accompanying graphics are obtuse at best. But worse, by far, is the content. Mr. Keogh has acquired some reputation in the IS community. If this book is an example, that reputation is undeserved. The CDs may be worth the purchase price, but at these prices I can't afford to open them and chance the same lack of quality.

Now what's holding you back?

The first step in becoming an MCSE is to pass exam 70-058, Networking Essentials. The cost of the classes can run into the hundreds if not thousands of dollars and choosing a training company can often be more challenging than taking the test. Prentice Hall may have save you a whole bunch of money with this training course.

The book included is just over 350 pages, and it covers the 70-058 exam objectives very well. Each topic like topologies, media, OSI model, hardware and others is accurate and detailed. The author spent a number of hours in making sure you have the right information.

The book also includes a cd-rom with a CBT package worth over $225.00. As if that wasn't enough to make this a great deal also included in another CD-rom with a Cyber classroom. This cd covers 8 separate but essential course.

The Cyber Classroom is multimedia based so a sound card is highly recommended. The installation was simple and easy and worked on a 95, 98, NT 4 and 2000 workstation without any major problems. Overall you can spend a fortune now in training or give this package a try, I think you'll be very happy with the results.

Introduction to Programming with C

Published in Textbook Binding by Que (26 February, 1996)

Authors: Jim Keogh, Peter Aitken, Bradley L. Jones, Sheila B. Cunningham, John Preston, and James Edward Keogh

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I didn't like it too much.

This book was chosen as the textbook for the AP Computer Science C++ class at my school. Having programmed in C++ for quite a while, I must say I was disappointed. Most all of the basics are covered, and I believe a beginner would, after reading this book, "know" C++. However, the style of teaching isn't that great, and the order in which things are taught isn't the best either. Also, much of the code appears untested, and contains errors. The code also does not conform to the ANSI/ISO standard. I've read much worse, but I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone who asked me about C++, and I definately would not use it to teach a CS class.

-Alan Johnson

Decent C++ primer

This book is intended to be a textbook for an introductory programming course for students who have never programmed before. You may agree or disagree with the premise (I disagree), but you have to admire the authors for trying.

What's in the book is pretty decent. The writing is clear. The examples are simple and clear enough to read without straining your brain. The authors do cover some fairly advanced topics, such as multiple inheritance and templates, but they concentrate on explaining the basics and make little attempt to cover the weird stuff and pitfalls of the language. You need a more advanced book for that.

Because the organization, writing, and index are better than average, I find that I am continuing to use this book. (I don't usually keep tutorial-type books after the first reading.)

I would recommend this book to undergrad students and beginning programmers who want to learn C++ or to anyone who wants an easy-to-read overview of the language. For advanced programmers who know C, Bruce Eckel's book "Thinking in C++" is a better choice.

Visual Foxpro 5 for Dummies (For Dummies)

Published in Paperback by Hungry Minds, Inc (14 March, 1997)

Authors: James Edward Keogh and Jim Keogh

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The worst dummies book yet

I've purchased "Dummies" books before to get a quick synopsis of a topic. But this one by far, is a terrible buy. I knew nothing about FoxPro before and regardless of what I learned from the book, the author did a terrible job. Most learning books have you build a project or something, but there was nothing like that here. You would think the author was going somewhere with a project, and then he'd just start a new paragraph with something else. Plus, many figured did NOT match the text. The author was also guilty of many "but, we'll cover that later" or "but we covered that in chapter X". This was a poor, poor buy. IDG books are usually good, this wasn't.

Okay place to start if you are just getting into foxpro

Just to keep it short and simple, if you are even slightly familiar with Foxpro this is not the book for you. Whereas if you are just beginning to learn an xbase langauge, this book will give you a great overview of most topics.

Helped me get my feet wet.

This book helped introduce me to VFP 6.0 even though it was written for VFP 5.0. Very elementary and good for the beginner.

Unix Programming for Dummies (--For Dummies)

Published in Paperback by Hungry Minds, Inc (13 November, 1996)

Authors: James Edward Keogh, Jim Keogh, and Kathy Ivens

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This book must have been written in a day

The book has several typos and uses terrible examples. I did not like the flow of the book at all. Even some of the basics (like variable declarations), were not properly explained. The bottom line is that the book was obviously rushed. I wouldn't recommend this title at all.

"Dummies" are usually good, but this one...

I found it not very useful and I couldn't keep reading the book after the first 2 chapters!

hunsolo

Assumes nothing-does the job nicely Aside from the title(You could wrap it in brown paper): This book assumes nothing about the readers knowledge. It starts of explaining the vi editor and its shortcuts and explains basic strings and arrays and rounds it of basic database files,flowcharts and nested loops. There are hardly any other books out there,that start from zero,this one does. If you want to get started writing shell scripts and/or learn C, you should read this book first.

I would recommend it to anybody running Unix/Linux/BSD flavours. Build the foundation first,then learn the fancy stuff.

hunsolo MCP hired gun/-,--'- Solaris,Linux,NT4 -if it absolutely,positively has to be fixed overnight...

Core MCSE: Networking Essentials

Published in Hardcover by Prentice Hall (30 December, 1998)

Authors: James Edward Keogh and Jim Keogh

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Why would I waste my time to warn you?

I did finish reading this book, but I had to go out and get another book just to verify what I read was wrong. It is really a written over-the-night book. I keep this book in my bookshelf,,, just because it was a gift from my gf.
MCSE, A+, Network+, i-Net+

Very basic and not worth the money I paid for it.

Was disapointed with the basic structure of a book that was labled as intermediate to advanced level. would not recomend it to anyone with basic knowledge.

Worthless

This book is absolutely worthless for passing the exam, teaching, or learning networking in general. Amazon needs a -5 Star rating for this book. There are numerous typos, information that was not researched and very wrong, multiple concepts thrown out in the same paragraph that have nothing to do with each other, and topics and information that are beyond the scope of the test and most beginning students. Save your money and buy the New Riders book.