Ben Laurie

This is a horrible, stunningly horrible, book.
It has, sadly, persuaded me that I cannot simply trust the O'Reilly brand as signifying, if not the best book in a particular area, at least a worthwhile book.

The central problem is that this book has no idea what it wants to be.
It tries to be a tutorial, a cookbook and a reference, all intermingled.
One paragraph it's trying to talk to newbies, the next it assumes you are a long time Apache veteran.
One role, however, that it seems to have no interest in playing is that of giving the big picture, of describing exactly what Apache can (and can't) do in a given area, and why you might care, before getting into various nitty gritty.

I'm afraid I can't recommend a good book on Apache to buy; I would however urge you to stay away from this one. The worst shovelware out, something like Sams Teach yourself Apache in 24hrs or Apache for Dummies, cannot be worse than this sad failure.… (meer)