From: cebuano (cebu2ccie@cox.net)
Date: Thu Mar 13 2003 - 14:48:22 GMT-3
Actually, from talking to Jeff Doyle and Bill Parkhurst, they do submit
their own errata but it seems that Ciscopress is not as quick in posting
them on their site. You might want to send your feedback directly to
Ciscopress. This may be one reason why Doyle's next book will be with
another publisher. I wonder if Howard has experienced the same issue
with his choice of publisher.
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From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Jonathan V Hays
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 10:02 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Mistake in Doyle Vol 1 ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
> Behalf Of Umair Hoodbhoy
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> Subject: Mistake in Doyle Vol 1 ?
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> I know this might sound sacrilegious because the Doyle Vol 1
> errata on ciscopress.com has only 2 entries. On page 533,
Cisco Press has released some great books by excellent authors. But
Cisco Press editors' attention to detail and their errata pages leave a
LOT to be desired. Many Cisco Press books that are full of obvious
errors have no errata pages at all. Unfortunately this is the case with
the majority of technical publishers, not just Cisco Press. With the
rapid advance of computer technology, the tight economic times forcing
less careful editing, and the short time to market for technical books,
perhaps this poor quality is inevitable.
O'Reilly is the one exception I have found; maybe you all have seen
others. Their errata pages are a work in progress. Typically O'Reilly
posts two errata files for a book - one with errata that have been
approved by the authors and a second file of errata found by readers
that have not yet been reviewed.
When you get to the point in your studies that you are noticing these
typos in every source you come across, to one degree or another, you are
making great progress in your knowledge of the IOS.
The best attitude to take in your reading is that you cannot trust any
written source of information completely, when it comes to the IOS. Get
in the lab and try out what that book or web page says, and note the IOS
version and hardware config you are using, since your mileage may vary
under other conditions.
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