David Kenney Books

Set in the colonial village of Ste. Anne, the narrative weaves a gripping tale of murder, buried treasure, and a perilous keelboat journey from St. Louis to New Orleans. Central to the story is the star-crossed love between French woman Julie Coussat and young Auguste Chouteau, as they navigate encounters with river pirates, hostile Indians, and a shocking betrayal by those they trust. This adventure blends romance and action, leading to the eventual unearthing of hidden treasure amidst the chaos.

Understanding DCE is a technical and conceptual overview of OSF's Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) for programmers, technical managers, and marketing and sales people. Unlike many O'Reilly & Associates books, Understanding DCE has no hands-on programming elements. Instead, the book focuses on how DCE can be used to accomplish typical programming tasks and provides explanations to help the reader understand all the parts of DCE.Contents

The Open Software Foundation's Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) stands as today's most broadly accepted and most ambitious effort to link diverse computers into a single, productive network. This book provides a bigger picture look at DCE, along with a detailed technical overview of this complex software system. The focus is on the kind of understanding that prepares readers to do things. Topics addressed include overall architecture, threads, RPC, directory services, and security. Includes guidelines for setting up and configuring DCE cells