Acknowledgments

There is no way that this book would have been completed without contributions from many people. With immense gratitude we would like to offer our appreciation to those who have supported us in this journey and provided suggestions, discussions, and questions that have helped to shape our efforts:

• Our reviewers via Addison-Wesley: Brian Foote, Dave Hendricksen, Peter Kovari, Davie Sweis, and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock

• The many folks from within IBM who have taken the time to help us: Jonathan Adams, Dan Berg, Andy Berner, Craig Branham, Alan Brown, Kyle Brown, Peter Coldicott, Jim Conallen, Dino D’Agostino, Dwayne Dreakford, Todd Dunnavant, Peter Eeles, Paul Elder, Jeff Fischer, Chris Gerken, Geoffrey Hambrick, Michael Hartmann, Michael Holmes, Derek Holt, James Jamison, Claus Jensen, Eoin Lane, Grant Larsen, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Dan Leroux, Bertrand Portier, Valerio Rosati, Jim Ruehlin, Guenter Sauter, Scott Schneider, Ralph Schoon, Darrell Schrag, James Siddle, Bill Smith, Jason Smith, Doug Stewart, Nansi Stretcher, Cindy VanEpps, Paul Verschueren, Janette Wong

• Our colleagues from across the industry who have shared their experiences and expertise: Regis Coqueret, Johan den Haan, David Dossot, Jonathan Harclerlode, Greg Hodgkinson, Darcy Jouan, Peter Kovari, Randy Lexvold, Mark Lines, Michael Sikorsky, Michael Wahler

• Our team at Addison-Wesley who have helped to guide this project from proposal through to completion: Raina Chrobak, Chris Guzikowski, Laurie McGuire, Anna Popick, and Barbara Wood

• And a special thank you to Grady Booch for his input, comments, and, of course, the Foreword