"This covers slightly more diverse subjects and probably isn't needed for the hobbyist/home user, but for the professional it's got some of the less covered subjects."
"I don't actually own this book but the software makes my day to day life so much easier it's untrue, buy this mans book so he can write more software, I will be shortly."
"This is the place to start for PHP (apart from the PHP site obviously), I've got an older version but these books cover the starting ground comprehensively."
"Apache has been covered quite well by the *nix books earlier but it's probably worth having this seperate book and it's highly rated although I don't own it."
"This isn't going to make you a web developer but I really wish people would stick to the absolute highest standards and to do that you need to know the whys, hows and whats. So this book makes it in."
"Partnered to the above for the same reasons, these don't teach you how to make good looking sites but looks aren't everything. These two books aren't substitutes for expirience."
"Some of the examples are dated but the lessons remain, if you manage anyone in any IT project based capacity and you haven't read or heard of this book then you need to read and digest this."
