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RE: [Xen-users] A Review of "Professional Xen Virtualization" by William

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Subject: RE: [Xen-users] A Review of "Professional Xen Virtualization" by William von Hagen
From: "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:50:48 -0700
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> > I have written a review of the book which I hope you will find
> helpful
> > in your decision making process on whether to purchase or not.
>
> Too late, I just bought it :-).
>
> My take on it: After spending months painstakingly ferreting out
> things I needed to know from various web pages, winnowing through
> the misinformation, etc, this book didn't help me discover anything
> new.
>
> But I sure wish I had it all those months ago when I started, because
> it actually has all that stuff in one place.
>
> Unfortunately, I've now moved on to even more obscure corners of
> Xen (like trying to do ridiculous things to networking), and
> I am once again lost and the book doesn't help. No doubt about the
> time I figure it out, there will be a new book out that could
> have saved me the trouble :-).
>

Either of you know about Syngress' Virtualization with Xen (May 2007)? I am 
curious how it compares, if its better I will buy it. Syngress' book is 
terrible IMHO.
jlc

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