object databases

I have used this book for several years as a text book. Although it is getting old, it covers the different levels of issues quite well. The students like it. The book has served me well over the years but I have now changed over to Umar's new book (eBusiness and Distributed Systems Handbook) modules middleware, platforms, and architectures. The new material is quite good.

I have taught from this book, and it is simply awful. It is several years out of date, and suffers from an almost incomprehensible writing style.

I read this back sometime ago and found it to be a good and quick overview of how three powerful technologies (object-oriented, client/server, Internet) are becoming the foundation for developing future applications.

I re-read the book lately and found that although the book is old (5 years), it still has very relevant material that can be read quickly to get the general idea.

I was also delighted to see that the author has written a new handbook (e-Business and Distributed Systems handbook) that is published as eight modules. These modules provide a very comprehensive view of the topics that are mentioned in this book but are given a new and more in-depth coverage in the handbook.