Problem - Kevin Tafuro

John Viega: Thanks to Crispin Cowan, Jeremy Epstein, Eric Fedel, Bob Fleck, Larry
Hiller, Russ Housley, Tetsu Iwata, Tadayoshi Kohno, Ben Laurie, David McGrew,
Rodney Thayer, David Wagner, Doug Whiting, and Jason Wright for conversations
that ended up improving this book, either directly or indirectly. Thanks also to my
good friend Paul Wouters for hosting the book’s web site. And, as always, thanks to
my family for their unflagging support. My daughters Emily and Molly deserve special
thanks, because time I spend writing is often time I don’t get to spend with
them. Of course, if they were given a choice in the matter, this book probably
wouldn’t exist….
Over the years I’ve been lucky to have a number of excellent mentors. Thanks to
Matt Conway, Russ Housley, Gary McGraw, Paul Reynolds, Greg Stein, and Peter
Thimmesch—you were/are all excellent at the role.
I’d also like to thank Matt Messier for the awesome job he did on the book. I’m sorry
it was so much more work than it was intended to be!
Finally, I would like to thank sugar-free Red Bull and Diet Dr. Pepper for keeping me
awake to write. Narcolepsy is a pain.
Matt Messier: I would like to thank Jim Archer, Mike Bilow, Eric Fedel, Bob Fleck,
Brian Gannon, Larry Hiller, Fred Tarabay, Steve Wells, and the Rabble Babble Crew
(Ellen, Brad, Gina, and Michael especially) for moral support, and for listening to me
ramble about whatever I happened to be writing about at the time, regardless of how
much or how little sense I was making. An extra special “thank you” to my parents,
without whom I would never be writing these words.
Thanks also to John Viega for pulling me in to work on this book, and for consistently
pushing to make it as great as I believe it is. John, it’s been a pleasure working
with you.
Finally, a big thanks goes out to Red Bull and to Peter’s wonderful contribution of
the espresso machine in the kitchen that got me going every morning.
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