About the Author

imageJonathan Lewis is a qualified teacher with a mathematics degree from Oxford University. Although his interest in computers came to light at the tender age of about 12—in the days when high-technology meant you used a keyboard, rather than a knitting needle to punch holes in cards—it wasn't until he was four years out of university that he moved into computing professionally. Apart from an initial year as an incompetent salesman (apparently the correct answer to any question is “Yes,” not “Yes, but it's going to take several weeks of configuration and programming”), he has been self-employed his entire career in the computer industry. ...

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