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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to my professional and personal life:

• Smt. Laxmi Natarajan, a teacher who believed in the author in me.
• Prof. M.B. Unde at the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, for teaching me valuable engineering lessons.
• Randy Bainbridge at Microsoft, who is one of the best managers I've had.
• Jamal Haider at Microsoft for encouraging the author in me.
• Ewan Buckingham at Apress for driving the first and second edition of this book.
• Penny Tong, for teaching me valuable work-life lessons.
• Prof. Dan Harkey at San Jose State University for giving me the opportunity to teach.
• The Microsoft leadership team for fostering an atmosphere of innovation.
• Kui Jia, for selling me ...