To my wife Mary Christine Moewe for the first 12 years of forever. We'll always have Arlington, Denton, Fort Worth, Denver, Peoria, Dallas, and Jacksonville. You made my whole century. -- Rogers Cadenhead

I'd like to thank the team at Macmillan Computer Publishing, including Mark Taber, Scott Meyers, Randi Roger, Sean Medlock, Paul Colligan, Tina Perry, and Howard A. Jones. With a group like this working to make the book good, I'm proud to have my name on the cover so I can claim a disproportionate share of the credit.

I'd also like to thank David and Sherri Rogelberg of my agency, Studio B. When I made some unfortunate decisions in regard to small-cap Internet stocks this past spring, you helped me hit up some people in the preceding paragraph for money. That's always appreciated.

I also must thank my wife Mary and son Max. You've given patience, support, humor, and love to someone who spent enough time at a computer this past year to qualify as a Plug-and-Play device. I love you at least 200 percent above the recommended daily allowance.

Finally, I'd like to thank Microsoft Bob.

Reader Acknowledgements

I'd also like to thank readers who have sent helpful comments about corrections, typos, and suggested improvements to the book. The list includes, but is probably not limited to, the following people: Kenn Coblin, Rajendran Menon, Pat Migliaccio and Lamar Thomas.