Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 570 pages
- Published by: Addison Wesley March 28, 1997
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0201498383
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0201498387
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Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 7.7 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 2.5 pounds
Reader Reviews
This book is probably useful only at the University of Florida, since it follows the course lectures exactly - and that, because the first author is the instructor. The book reads like a series of lecture notes, nothing more, nothing less. Several ideas that a student of operating systems may need to take note of, when making the transition from single-machine systems to multi-machine, are listed here. You can think of this book as a listing of a few basic ideas, with small expansions of each - as in a slideshow presentation. The merit of the book ends there. The topics covered - in other words, the expansions of the listed ideas - are treated in a confused, sketchy manner. The material is insubstantial and hardly thought provoking. Motivation is absent, and pedagogical methods seem a distant concept. There is a near-total isolation of concepts and practice, and reading the book gives the feeling of being isolated in a dreamy sphere that belongs only to the author. One could go on about such demerits, but to summarize, you don't need to buy this book unless it's required for your class. It's a slideshow in hardcover format.
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