Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

This book is the labor of many. The five authors would like to hold up a few people in thanks for their significant contributions to this project.

To start, we'd like to thank Linda Mui, our editor at O'Reilly. Linda first met with David and Brian way back in 1996, and she refined and steered several concepts into the book you hold today. Linda also helped keep our wandering gang of first-time book authors moving in a coherent direction and on a progressing (if not rapid) timeline. Most of all, Linda gave us the chance to create this book. We're very grateful.

We'd also like to thank several tremendously bright, knowledgeable, and kind souls who devoted noteworthy energy to reviewing, commenting on, and correcting drafts of this book. These include Tony Bourke, Sean Burke, Mike Chowla, Shernaz Daver, Fred Douglis, Paula Ferguson, Vikas Jha, Yves Lafon, Peter Mattis, Chuck Neerdaels, Luis Tavera, Duane Wessels, Dave Wu, and Marco Zagha. Their viewpoints and suggestions have improved the book tremendously.

Rob Romano from O'Reilly created most of the amazing artwork you'll find in this book. The book contains an unusually large number of detailed illustrations that make subtle concepts very clear. Many of these illustrations were painstakingly created and revised numerous times. If a picture is worth a thousand words, Rob added hundreds of pages of value to this book.

Brian would like to personally thank all of the authors for their dedication to this project. A tremendous amount of time was invested by the authors in a challenge to make the first detailed but accessible treatment of HTTP. Weddings, childbirths, killer work projects, startup companies, and graduate schools intervened, but the authors held together to bring this project to a successful completion. We believe the result is worthy of everyone's hard work and, most importantly, that it provides a valuable service. Brian also would like to thank the employees of Inktomi for their enthusiasm and support and for their deep insights about the use of HTTP in real-world applications. Also, thanks to the fine folks at Cajun-shop.com for allowing us to use their site for some of the examples in this book.

David would like to thank his family, particularly his mother and grandfather for their ongoing support. He'd like to thank those that have put up with his erratic schedule over the years writing the book. He'd also like to thank Slurp, Orctomi, and Norma for everything they've done, and his fellow authors for all their hard work. Finally, he would like to thank Brian for roping him into yet another adventure.

Marjorie would like to thank her husband, Alan Liu, for technical insight, familial support and understanding. Marjorie thanks her fellow authors for many insights and inspirations. She is grateful for the experience of working together on this book.

Sailu would like to thank David and Brian for the opportunity to work on this book, and Chuck Neerdaels for introducing him to HTTP.

Anshu would like to thank his wife, Rashi, and his parents for their patience, support, and encouragement during the long years spent writing this book.

Finally, the authors collectively thank the famous and nameless Internet pioneers, whose research, development, and evangelism over the past four decades contributed so much to our scientific, social, and economic community. Without these labors, there would be no subject for this book.

 



HTTP. The Definitive Guide
HTTP: The Definitive Guide
ISBN: 1565925092
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 294

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