Acknowledgments

I greatly appreciate the support of my wife, Anjella, whose sacrifices made this book possible.

My special thanks to Robert J. Waltman from IBM for his continuous help and support.

I would also like to acknowledge the following people, who invested a lot of their time and experience to make this book better (listed alphabetically): James Brannon, Kevin Coffey, Peter R. Ivett, Mohammad Mirzamaani, Adam Polcyn, Timothy M. Reith, and Richard L. White (all from IBM) and Vijay Prabhakaran (from ReadRite Corp.).

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