Acknowledgments

First of all I want to thank my subjects who gave generously of their time and without whom this book would be nothing but a small pamphlet of unanswered questions. Additional thanks go to Joe Armstrong and Bernie Cosell, and their families, for giving me a place to stay in Stockholm and Virginia. Extra thanks also go to Peter Norvig and Jamie Zawinski who, in addition to taking their own turns speaking into my recorders, helped me get in touch with other folks who became my subjects.

As I traveled around the world conducting interviews several other families also welcomed me into their homes: thanks for their hospitality go to Dan Weinreb and Cheryl Moreau in Boston, to Gareth and Emma McCaughan in Cambridge, England, and to ...

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