Acknowledgments
Above and beyond all others I have to thank my wife Diana for the support she has given me while I was writing. Without her love and patience, there would have been no book. I can't count the number of cups of tea prepared (and often left to go cold), the late nights (or early mornings) suffered, or the suppression of complaints over the things I should have done instead of write; this book required a lot of focus, and without someone at my side to deal with all the distractions of life, I wouldn't have got it written.
A technical book requires good reviewers, of course, and I'd like to thank Tanel Põder (http://tech.e2sn.com/ and http://blog.tanelpoder.com/) who was my official technical reviewer. His comments, questions and ...
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