Patterns in Network Architecture

Acknowledgments

This Preface can’t end without expressing my immense appreciation to the long list of people who have contributed their time and effort to this book and to my thinking, all of the people whose ear I have bent over the years working through these ideas. The list in its entirety is far too long, but let me hit the high points: Sue Hares, Lyman Chapin, Margaret Loper, Charles Wade, Glenn Kowack, Geneva Belford, Fred Goldstein, George Schimmel, William Zimmer, Sue Rudd, Chris Williams, Fernando Gont, Sharon Day, and a special thanks to Lynn DeNoia for asking the important questions. The reviewers and friends who had to endure so much: Jonathan Smith, Michael O’Dell, Pekka Nikkander, Ibrahim Matta, Tony Jeffree, and Joel Halpern. ...