A Native American medicine man once told me, “A man needs a woman to teach him how to live.” With this I could not agree more. That said, I never would have been in a position to write this book had it not been for the profound way in which my wife Diane has taught me how to live. With her love, honesty, and tireless support, no matter how wacky some of my adventures or ideas have been, she has always been there as a friend, pointing out that the only limits to my ability were the ones I imagined. As a writing teacher, her advice has been immensely valuable. I am truly grateful to have her help and advice. For the last year, while I have been writing this book, she has pretty much lived without me. Yet she has been my sounding board on many issues related to the book, and it all must have sounded like I was speaking another language. I can’t express in words how intensely I love her, but having the time to write this book is good indication of how much she loves me. Thank you Diane!
This book was only half as good as it is now when I first turned my chapters over to my editor Jonathan Gennick. The other half came from Jonathan’s feedback. You can’t imagine how humbling it is to write a chapter of a book, edit yourself several times, send it to your editor, and then get it returned to you with so many edit marks that it looks like it’s the first paper you wrote in your freshman year of high school. Nonetheless, through the process of editing emerges a work that is better, better because of the teamwork between writer and editor. Thank you Jonathan! And thank you also to Matt Hutchinson, production editor for the book, and to the entire O’Reilly production team.
Also, a special thanks goes out to my technical reviewers: Kuassi Mensah, Java Products Group Manager, Oracle Corporation; Shiva Prasad, Senior Product Manager, Oracle Corporation; Ekkehard Rohwedder, SQLJ Development Manager, Oracle Corporation; Alan Beaulieu, President, APB Solutions, Inc.; and Charles Havranek, President and CEO, xde.net. Your efforts improved this book and are greatly appreciated!
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