16 of 18 customers found the following review helpful: Much information, but bland, 2000-01-23 I expected a much more higher quality and interactiveness from a company as reputable as Microsoft. I found the writing to be bland and stale and somewhat difficult to stay focused. The presentations were done by people who have no emotion in their voice, and it is very hard to pay attention. They just seem to drone on and on. They could have also used a better example (they use the airport architecture which is also used in another design books). This was a major dissapointment. I would recommend the user rather find a book. It would be much easier to learn from then this mess.