Discussion

Acknowledgments
I have been a professional technical writer for 25 years, and I never imagined how
huge an undertaking it would be to write a book on JUNOS software as the sole
responsible author. Writing any technical book, especially one like this, is never a
project that a single person does by herself. There are always many people involved
to review the topics included in the book, answer questions, review drafts, and set up
and maintain lab equipment. Many people helped me in all these areas, providing me
both with general help and with comments in their particular area or areas of JUNOS
and networking expertise. Without their time and patience, this book would not
have been possible. These people include Zaid Albanna, Arthi Ayyangar, Serpil
Bayraktar, Ron Bonica, Avram Dorfman, Jeff Doyle, Simon Gerraty, Steve Gill,
Lenny Giuliano, Walter Goralski, Hannes Gredler, Steve Holman, Ian Jarrett, Dave
Katz, Steven Lin, Julian Lucek, Ivan Lum, Umesh Mangla, Pedro Marques, Brian
Matheson, Scott McIntyre, Ina Minei, Andrew Partan, Prakesh Patil, David Ranch,
Yakov Rehkter, Rich Salaiz, Phil Shafer, Nischal Sheth, Gary Tate, Paras Trivedi,
Quaizar Vohra, Jim Washburn, Chris White, and Kiho Yum. Vijay Gill, John Heasley,
and Scott McIntyre helped by providing JUNOS output used to explain a few of
the recipes.
Mike Bushong was a great help in setting up and maintaining the router labs used to
develop this book. Richard Hendricks, Brian Matheson, and Michael Estrada also
helped with the lab. Sonia Saruba considerably improved on my writing by editing
the entire manuscript.
I would also like to thank a few key people who encouraged me to undertake and
continue this project, especially Patrick Ames, who kept me focused, and also
Michael Taillon, Scott Kriens, and Allen Lo.
Everybody at O’Reilly was great to work with. I particularly appreciate the input
from my editors, David Brickner and Mike Loukides. They helped to create a book of
which we can all be proud.
Finally, I must thank my husband David and my daughter Sage for helping me
through this project.
—Aviva Garrett
Saratoga, California
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