Java Message Service, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments

These acknowledgments are from Mark Richards and refer to the second edition of this book.

No one ever writes a book alone; rather, it is the hard work of many people working together that produces the final result. There are many people I would like to acknowledge and thank for the hard work and support they provided during the project.

First, I would like to recognize and thank my editor, Julie Steele, for putting up with me during the project and doing such a fantastic job editing, coordinating, and everything else involved with getting this book to print. I would also like to thank Richard Monson-Haefel for doing such a great job writing the first edition of this book (along with David Chappell), and for providing me with the opportunity to write the second edition.

To my good friend and colleague, Ted Neward, I want to thank you for writing the Foreword to this book during your very busy travel schedule and for providing me with insight and guidance throughout the project. Your suggestions and guidance helped bring this new edition together. I also want to thank my friends, Neal Ford, Scott Davis, Venkat Subramaniam, Brian Sletten, David Bock, Nate Shutta, Stuart Halloway, Jeff Brown, Ken Sipe, and all the other No Fluff Just Stuff (NFJS) gang, for your continued support, lively discussions, and camaraderie both during and outside the NFJS conferences. You guys are the greatest.

I also want to thank the many expert technical reviewers who helped ensure that the ...