-----Original Message----- From: Andy Kunz To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Saturday, 18 October 1997 22:07 Subject: Re: Here's a difficult one (re networking) >At 10:50 AM 10/18/97 +0100, you wrote: >>This might be a good time to mention the text by Tannenbaum: >>"Computer Networks" 2nd ed. 1989 ISBN 0-13-166836-6. (Mine's an el-cheapo >>soft-back student edition - I don't know if the ISBN is generic to the >>text.) >... >>He's also got a sense of humour - albeit rather dry - so it's not as heavy >>going as the subject suggests. > >Tannenbaum's books have always been great material. Never having read this >one in particular, I can't say much, but we used them in college and his >were the best. > >I like his humor, btw. Yes. When I did a course, and they were using his books, I'd buy in preference to using library copies. The other students thought I was crazy, but I've referred to them extensively since. MikeS