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Dedication

To my parents, Kamal and Ruby Fernando, for their trust and support to send me to a university in the U.S., which enabled me to do all of this. And to my wife, Shahani, and children, Rukmal, Sashi, and Rukshi, for their tolerance of my crazy life.

Sanjiva Weerawarana

To my wife and my daughters.

Francisco Curbera

To Susanne and Lukas: Thanks for your patience and love.

Frank Leymann

To my wife, Jacky, and my two sons, Peter and David, for their patience and understanding of the things that motivate and drive my life.

Tony Storey

To Kaitlin and Kristen.

Donald F. Ferguson