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Software Configuration Management Strategies and Rational ClearCase: A Practical Introduction (TheADDP9 Object Technology Series)
Published in Paperback by Addison Wesley Professional (25 August, 2000)
Authors: Brian A. White and Geoffrey M. Clemm
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Good practical treatment of Clearcase, UCM, and SCM
This book provides the reader with a lot of practical advice about using Clearcase and UCM with various size organizations.

I have used Clearcase for many years with various software development groups. In my experience, it's rare to find a development group that uses Clearcase to it's full potential. That's usually because not enough thought, planning, and maintenence goes into the SCM process. Clearcase (and UCM for that matter) is just a set of tools. Expecting it to solve your SCM problems out of the box is like expecting a set of carpentry tools to build a house.

This book suggests some ways that Clearcase (and branching in particular) can be used to manage software change and release. Some of the techniques are tuned for development groups of a particular size and/or development strategy. That is totally appropriate, since no single SCM process will fit a development group of any size.

After reading this book you should come away with many ideas about how to better use ClearCase and UCM in your software organization. And even if you don't choose to use the UCM tool, there are plenty of ideas that can be applied to basic ClearCase usage.

Excellent resource for the software engineer using ClearCase
A very nice introduction to base ClearCase and UCM... From branches to streams, to dynamic & snapshot views, this book gets right to the point... Answers to the common questions: Why a snapshot view? Why a dynamic? Why ClearMake vs. GNU make? How can a group of 2 engineers configure their own sandbox? A group of 5? A group of 10? From sharing a dynamic view, to sharing a development stream, to sharing a subproject, this book touches on it all.

Great for planning and implementing ClearCase
NOTE: This book is about a vendor product. Had to say that because too many people have complained that the author spent a lot of time on Rational's tools and approach. Of course - that happens to be fairly obvious from the word "ClearCase" in the title.

Good information for planning a ClearCase implementation. One worthwhile use of this book is to prepare your development and release team for ClearCase. This will make sure that everyone is familiar with ClearCase functions and how it is supposed to be used in the software engineering environment. I like the way the book also discusses SCM in general.

If you are planning on implementing ClearCase this book is an inexpensive way to prepare your team. If you're shopping for an SCM tool this book will give you an unbiased report on Rational's product. If you want to learn about SCM find another book because this isn't it. Oh, learn to read too.


Microsoft Access 97 Developer's Handbook (Solution Developer Series)
Published in Paperback by Microsoft Press (1997)
Authors: Timothy M. O'Brien, Geoffrey E. White, and Steven Pogge
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At least it got me out of trouble once...
Is not the greatest reference book yet but it got me out of trouble in a very difficult situation when i was stuck. Not as good as other Developer's books but you can added to your collection and it won't hurt to have it.

An appropriate training manual for future developers
A rambling style keeps this book from getting my highest praise; otherwise, I find the material to be clearly explained and "step-by-step" enough to facilitate do-it-yourself work

It helped me tremendously.
I had one evening to learn what Data Access Objects were and implement them in a project I was working on. I had tried previously to learn about them unsuccessfully. This book was my last chance. The information clicked for me. It took me no time at all to bang out the code I needed. Understanding higher level material is not easy. One author's way of writing may not make sense to you while another author's explanation will. This books works for me.


Cheke Holo (Maringe/Hograno) dictionary
Published in Unknown Binding by Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University ()
Author: Geoffrey M. White
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Chiefs Today: Traditional Pacific Leadership and the Postcolonial State (Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific)
Published in Paperback by Stanford Univ Pr (S) (1998)
Authors: Geoffrey M. White and Lamont Lindstrom
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Culture, Kastom and Tradition: Cultural Policy in Melanesia
Published in Paperback by Institute of Pacific Studies (20 December, 1994)
Authors: Lamont Lindstrom and Geoffrey M. White
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Disentangling: Conflict Discourse in Pacific Societies
Published in Hardcover by Stanford Univ Pr (1990)
Authors: Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and Geoffrey, M. White
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Identity through History : Living Stories in a Solomon Islands Society
Published in Hardcover by Cambridge University Press (2002)
Author: Geoffrey M. White
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Island Encounters: Black and White Memories of the Pacific War
Published in Hardcover by Smithsonian Institution Press (1990)
Authors: Lamont Lindstrom and Geoffrey M. White
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New Directions in Psychological Anthropology
Published in Hardcover by Cambridge University Press (1992)
Authors: Theodore Schwartz, Geoffrey M. White, and Catherine A. Lutz
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The Pacific Theater: Island Representations of World War II (Pacific Islands Monograph Series, No 8)
Published in Hardcover by University of Hawaii Press (1989)
Authors: Geoffrey M. White and Lamont Lindstrom
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