""Roberts, Larry"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just looking to get others opinions on this book. I'm just now to the OSPF > chapter, and I have already found several pages worth of mistakes. > > I have an e-mail into ciscopress with a listing of the errors, and I > understand that any first edition will have some, but I'm finding critical > mistakes as well as configuration errors that should be obvious, yet somehow > they were overlooked. > > Was the original CCIE:practical studies full of errors as well? > > Maybe I'm expecting to much, but I find myself questioning everything that > the authors have written because of the mistakes I have found. > > Not what I was expecting from a CCIE Level book. > > Not trying to slam the authors, just trying to get others opinions...
The problem as I see it is the rush to press. In my albeit limited experience in the process, a publisher wants to get a book to press ASAP. The author is working hard to meet deadlines. The technical reviewers are pressured to rubber stamp, er I mean approve the work ASAP, and the editor is under pressure to get the damn thing over to production for release. Again, in my albeit limited experience, the editor and the copy editors may have little to no technical background, let alone understanding of the subject matter. They accept the gobbledygook of the poor technical writers as OK because they believe the issue is technical, not grammatical, or not having anything to do with diction or clarity. So - when everyone is in a hurry, and the final authority doesn't have a grasp of the content, you have a recipe for the kind of book you are apparently seeing. The problem is time, and even though each of us has all that there is, none of us ever have enough. -Hem- > > Thanks > > Larry Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72178&t=72162 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
