Chapter

Many people have helped me out with this book. Without their assistance, I

would still be on the third chapter. John Guthrie, Amy Karlson, Rich Slywc 

zak, and Kim Topley provided valuable technical feedback on virtually every

chapter. Others pointing out errors and providing useful suggestions include

Don Aldridge, Camille Bell, Ben Benokraitis, Larry Brown, Carl Burnham,

Andrew Burton, Rick Cannon, Kevin Cropper, Chip Downs, Frank Erickson,

Payam Fard, Daniel Goldman, Rob Gordon, Andy Gravatt, Jeff Hall, Russell

Holley, David Hopkins, Lis Immer, Herman Ip, Truong Le, Frank Lewis,

Tanner Lovelace, Margaret Lyell, Paul McNamee, Mike Oliver, Barb Ride 

nour, Himanso Sahni, Bob Samson, Ron Tosh, Tsung Wen Tsai, Peggy Sue

Vickers, and Maureen Knox Yencha. Hopefully I learned from their advice.

Mary Lou  Eagle Eye  Nohr spotted my errant commas, awkward sentences,

typographical errors, and grammatical inconsistencies. She improved the

result immensely. Joanne Anzalone produced the final version; she did a

great job despite my many last minute changes. Ralph Semmel provided a

supportive work environment and a flexible schedule, not to mention inter 

esting projects on which to put servlets and JSP to work. Greg Doench of

Prentice Hall believed in the concept from the beginning and encouraged me

to write the book. Rachel Borden got Sun Microsystems Press to believe in it

also. Thanks to all.

Most of all, thanks to B.J., Lindsay, and Nathan for their patience with my

funny schedule and my hogging the computer when they wanted to work or

play on it. God has blessed me with a great family.

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