Acknowledgments

   

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I have been lucky to get help from many people during the manuscript writing. There is a great contribution from Gary Labeau from Hewlett-Packard Corporation who reviewed this book. He did a great job and a put a lot of effort in reading each and every word and providing a wealth of suggestions.

Susan Wright at Hewlett-Packard Corporation arranged meetings to discuss all matters about the book. I was able to get feedback from others during these meetings. This helped a lot to plan and arrange book contents.

Jill Pisoni at Prentice Hall PTR coordinated this production. She planned goals and pushed all people involved in the production process to meet these goals. Without her effort, it would have been difficult to carry out the job. Thanks Jill.

Jim Markam and Mary Sudul at Prentice Hall PTR was extremely helpful in proper organization of manuscript and figures right from the beginning of the project. He provided all sort of help in production matters.

Special thanks to Patricia Lickliter, Christopher Paul, and Victor Zhiltsov at Dedicated Technologies Inc. for their suggestions and continuous encouragement.

I learned a lot from the experience of Karen Lintala and Randy Mather at Honda of America Mfg. Inc. Randy has a rich experience of HP-UX system administration and I learnt a lot from him.

I am thankful to my wife for bearing with me during the last seven months. She gave me full support and tried to provide the best environment at home to help complete the book. I am also thankful to Afnan for his nonstop entertainment activities that kept me fresh.

Nothing is complete without mentioning Dr. Shahid Bokhari of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. He is the source of all my UNIX knowledge and the most incredible person I have met in my life. He has established a well- maintained UNIX laboratory where people like me are able to experiment.

January 15, 2000

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