It's unfortunate that some times really stupid names are required in order to sell books.
I'm talking about the "For Dummies" series which any self-respecting Computer Pro wouldn't usually touch with a bargepole, but which often are far better than their title would suggest.
The first "For Dummies" computer title I bought (and if truth be told the last) was the one on Firewalls. I had been to a presentation given by one of the co-authors and liked his style and so I bought the book.
It actually taught me a lot - even though I already had a reasonable knowledge, it filled in the gaps.
I've now been looking at Chapter One ("Getting to Know SharePoint") of "Microsoft SharePoint 2007 For Dummies (For Dummies - Vanessa Williams)" -
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470099410/heme0fand it's a very good (26 page) overview both of how we got here and of what you can use "SharePoint" for.
The author is fully aware of the need to get the names right and early on makes sure both that she defines "WSS" and "MOSS" as the names she will (mostly) use later (*) and also in an inset box mentions the use of "SharePoint" as inexact but as something she will use when she means something that's available in both products.
(*) The sentence defining "WSS" and "MOSS" is oddly inexact. Here it is
"I focus on the two primary SharePoint products: Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)."
Spot the problem ?
She carefully defines the abbrieviations she is going to use and equally carefully gives MOSS its full name including the 2007 - which for MOSS isn't really necessary as there is as yet no other MOSS - yet she misses out the 3.0 which is necessary to define the correct one of the two different WSS "editions" (2.0 and 3.0).
Very odd.
But most people will make the correct assumptions and correctly ignore this, and for *end-users* new to any SharePoint product, this still remains the best introduction chapter I have seen.