Sun Performance and Tuning: Java™ and the Internet, Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my family, Linda, Oliver, Camilla and our labrador Tyla, for keeping me rooted in the real world and making sure I get some excercise.

This book is dedicated to Sun’s Systems Engineers worldwide; the people who have to deal with configuration, performance, and tuning issues on a daily basis.

Special thanks to Brian Wong, Richard McDougall, Don Devitt, Rachael Fish, Enrique Vargas, David Deeths, Graham Hazel, Steven Gan, Christian Demeure, Jim Mauro, Phil Harman, David Pinnington, Mike Bennett, Charles Alexander and Mark Connelly for their technical input and support, and Mary Lou Nohr, Rachel Borden, and Greg Doench for their help in reviewing and producing this book.

Richard Pettit shared my frustration with the inflexibility ...