Acknowledgments

We’d like to thank our development editor at Manning, Jeff Bleiel, who has been a joy to work with. We’d also like to thank Nicholas Chase for his support with the DocBook writing and editing process. We want to extend further thanks to our reviewers, whose insights helped us build a better book: Ben Hall, John Griffin, Ara Abrahamian, Dimitar Dimitrov, Doug Warren, Fabrice Dewasmes, Jeroen Benckhuijsen, Josh Devins, Mikel Ayveis, Rick Wagner, Roberto Rojas, Tijs Rademakers, Prasad A. Chodavarapu, Rama Kanneganti, Davide Piazza, and Celso Gonzalez. Special thanks to Ross Mason for writing the foreword to our book and to our technical proofreader Andrew Perepelytsya.

DAVID I’d like to thank my wife and kids for their patience and constant support during the tough journey of writing this book. I also want to apologize to everybody who thought I was writing a book about eMule and was disappointed when they heard about ESB and integration.

JOHN I would like to thank my wife, Catherine, for supporting (and putting up with) me while I wrote this book. I also want to thank my family, colleagues, and friends. All have been continuously supportive throughout this process, through words of encouragement and sharing the occasional stiff drink.