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Credits

• Michael Wood is a .NET developer and has been working with .NET

since before Beta 2 in 2001. He lives in northern Kentucky and works

across the river in Ohio as a developer and solution designer. His blog

and contact information can be found at http://www.mvwood.com/blog.

Acknowledgments

My dad was a hacker before the term hacker was ever coined. Just about

everything he has ever purchased or acquired has been taken apart,

enhanced, gooped, or duct taped. Thanks, Dad, for showing me that just

about anything can be improved (or broken).

A book is possible only with incredible effort from so many people. First, I

would like to thank the people at O’Reilly, especially my editor Brian Jep-

son. I was lucky to have an editor who not only knows the technology but

also is passionate about it. Brian did an incredible job throughout the entire

process, and I greatly appreciate all of his great advice and hard work. I also

want to thank John Osborn for working with me for more than a year to get

this book out of the proposal phase and into actual writing.

I want to thank the following Microsofties for answering my emails and

questions: Jim Blizzard, Mark Cliggett, Dan Fernandez, Sara Ford, Cathe-

rine Heller, James Lau, Adam Nathan, Scott Nonnenberg, Andy Pennell,

Harry Pierson, Jason Salas, and Scott Swanson.

I would especially like to thank Josh Ledgard who helped me all the way

from the proposal ...