I'm very grateful to the following people, who are some of the most talented and creative individuals you'll find:

Gilad Bracha

Michael Davidson

Jane Erskine

Marcus Green

Roedy Green

Trey Harris

Karsten Lentzsch

Bob Lynch

Aleksander Malinowski

Simon Roberts

Rick Ross, who provides first-class leadership at http://javalobby.org

Kerry Shetline

Robin Southgate

Lefty Walkowiak

All the cowboys and cowgirls down on the Java Ranch http://javaranch.com

The Limewire team

The unsung heroes and heroines of Sun's Java and Solaris groups

The editorial, marketing, and production teams at Prentice-Hall and Sun Microsystems deserve full appreciation:

Greg Doench, Chris Guzikowski, Julie Nahil, Raquel Kaplan, Nina Scuderi, and Solveig Haugland and her magic editing pixies.

Thanks too, to my wife, family, and friends—hey, if I wanted my study to look organized, I'd keep it that way, OK?