Review by Billy Barron

"Inside the JavaOS Operating System" by Saulpaugh and Mirho (Addison-Wesley; ISBN 0-201-18393-5) is the first book which describes how the JavaOS actually works. Saulpaugh is an architect on the JavaOS project within Sun so the information is first hand.

The book does cover the JavaOS fairly completely and covers how each component works. The writing is easy to understand and readable.

I would recommend this book for anyone who is using or considering to use JavaOS or Java-based Network Computers in their work. This book will give you a good background on how everything works so you can understand the pluses and minuses of the technology well.