Novell's CNEŽ Study Guide for NetWareŽ 5

Author: IV David James Clarke
List Price: $99.99
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ISBN: 0764545434
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (May, 1999)
Sales Rank: 60,964
Average Customer Rating: 2.8 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5
Makes for easy reading by relating to Other subjects
This study guide is outstanding! This combined with CNE Quizzer is the recipe for passing exams & learning the material. All the fluff makes the book easier to stay awake while reading compared to the "Technical" references only books I've used before.

Rating: 4 out of 5
Good... Cut some fluff and receive 5 stars
For those who have read "Novell's CNA Study Guide for NetWare 5", you will be familiar with David Clarke's style. All the necessary material is covered, but extra fluff is inevitable. As with the CNA book, the author uses a fantacy corporation named ACME to illustate his points. The company is made up of heros from earth's past (King Aurther, Abraham Lincoln, etc...) that are the key players for each division/department. Using an example for illustrative purposes makes since, but I think Mr. Clarke goes too far. My advice to Mr. Clarke is keep writing good study guides, but trim out some of the non-sence.

On the whole the book is very good and I recommend it. You may end up doing more reading than you had planned, but you will learn the material. If you are preparing for CNE exams, experience definitely helps. Do the labs and practice exams.

Rating: 1 out of 5
I'm so frustrated from this book!
I'm ready to pull my hair out! This book probably has most of the info you'll need, but, as other reviewers have commented, it is buried under a load of garbage. Worse than that, when the author does try to provide information directly, he is often unclear and repetitive. His organization of the subtopics is poor, too. Unfortunately, there are very few third party study guides out there for NetWare 5. Books like this can actually make you learn to not like NetWare itself.



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