Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Loretta Yates and the entire Microsoft Press/Pearson team for their support in this project. We would also like to thank Mike Martin (Microsoft MVP) for reviewing this book and Rick Kughen for the editorial review.

From Yuri: Thanks to my wife and daughters for their endless support; my great God for giving me strength and guiding my path on each step of the way; my friend and co-author Orin Thomas for the great partnership on this project; my manager Rebecca Halla for always encourage me to go above and beyond; and my teammates Safeena, Kerinne, Fernanda, Future, Tom, and Lior. Last but not least, thanks to my parents for working hard to give me an education, which is the foundation I use every day to keep moving forward in my career.

From Orin: Thanks to Yuri for being very supportive in this project and forgiving when life has gotten in the way of my writing schedule. I’d like to thank my son, Rooslan, for keeping his nose to the grindstone and not giving up under extraordinary conditions. I’d also like to thank the usual suspects for their support (Rick Claus, Donovan Brown, Sonia Cuff, Anthony Bartolo, Pierre Roman, Phoummala Schmitt, Sarah Lean, Thomas Maurer, and the cat that Thomas will have (or should be) buying Isidora Katanic.