Customer Reviews

Distributed Computing with IBM(r) MQSeries

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This book is useless, except perhaps as a very gentle introduction to the subject for technophobic managers. I'm returning it in the morning. Programmers, steer clear.

I thought IBM's documentation was bat until I read this book. Don't be mislead into thinking that this book will be a tutorial on MQSeries. Everything that appears in this book you probably know already. Waste of money and time!!!

This book was a complete and total ripoff. It reads like a poor imitation of the worst IBM documentation ever produced. The CD, with additional information, is only completely available if you are using OS/2 or WIN 3.1. This book is a waste of time and money. It shouldn't be purchased. I can really only give the book 0 (zero) stars!

This book is for managers that want to have some understanding of MQSeries. It just covers some old use cases. I am a Java programmer and I was looking for some inside to MQSeries, patterns, etc. No in this book. I did not even finnished the first chapter. I browse to the book and I quickly realized that it was not for me. I made my manager happy by making a present. Now it is being display at his desk. I gave it 3 starts because it might have a used for some people and there is really not too many good books on the subject.

This book was purchased during the execution of an MQSeries project. It was opened once, put down and never referred to again. Perhaps as an introduction to those who have no background in queuing or distributed processing it would be helpful.

I read this book carefully cover to cover and conclude it was written by IBM mainframers to sell MQSeries to middle and upper management executives whose corporations are predominantly "big blue" shops. There is no mention at all of Microsoft's MSMQ and almost no reference to the internet. The book uses OS/2 in almost all its charts when showing client-server configurations. It abounds with detailed references to IBM products such as CICS, IMS, DB2, MVS, etc. The case studies are watered down to the point of being almost useless. I guess this is a "must read" book for a serious professional who needs to learn about messaging, but it is a shallow book and extremely one-sided.

The push into distributed computing is forcing IS professionals to look for solutions to the problems inherent to the new environment. Especially with many organisations acquiring third-party software packages, good ways of getting these packages to communicate are important. This book provide good case studies in how other organisations have forged these links using MQSeries from IBM. The case studies are "sanitised," but the reader can get a good feel for what the products can do. I would have wished that the sample programs on the CD-ROM ran on Windows rather than OS/2, but other information is invaluable. This is a must read for anyone getting started with messaging in general and MQSeries in specific.

The contents of the book covered the objectives set at the beginning of the book. The authors provided a clear but concise overview on MQSeries. The examples were very good and the information very easy to comprehend. Would recommend it to anyone wanting to get a good head start about the subject

I am a little manager. I micro-manage a technical group by reading books such as this one. It is great because I can now use all the buzz word I learned from this book to kiss up the upper management. Moreover, I can also intimidate people under me everyday with what I read from here! Yes, I do! If you want to be like me, buy this book!