Acknowledgments

First, I would like to thank everyone at New Riders Publishing, particularly Karen Wachs (who made it happen), Jennifer Garrett (who pulled it all together), David Gibson (who is responsible), Lisa Thibault, Ami Frank Sullivan, Lunaea Hougland, Gina Brown, Sheri Replin, and Lisa Stumpf (who made order out of it all).

I especially want to thank Allison MacFarlan, whose assistance with each of the chapters as an editor, writer, and friend was invaluable to me. I want to thank the technical reviewers, Mark Newcomb and Ariel Silverstone, for their creative suggestions and comments. All of you have made this book more accurate and readable—thanks again.

Like most projects of this sort, there is a group of people who functioned as a test audience for the early drafts. I want to thank those individuals who contributed their time and provided very helpful content feedback, in particular, James Davis, Ken Germann, Claude Brogle, Bill Friday, the folks at X2net, and my Tier 1 and Tier 2 support staffs at ANS.

Finally, I want to thank my wife, children, and friends for being so understanding about my absence from so many things during the last six months; my grandfather, Ernest A. Martin Sr., for my love of technology; my friend, John McMahon, for sharing the secret of writing; and my mother, Mary Martin, who has made everything possible.

This book was written on a Macintosh G3 running MachTen and MacOs 8.6, using OxTex, Alpha, and Canvas. It was later converted to Microsoft Word, because it does not matter if it's the best tool, it only matters that everyone has it.