Acknowledgments

To Nasty Mac (finally).

” Chris Drake

To Mom, Dad, Nanny & Pa, who taught me to explore life and, of course, to Mogli.

” Kimberley Brown

We wish to give special thanks to the following SunService UK engineers for their support, technical input, and abuse: Steve Cumming, Chris Gerhard, Matthew Finch, Bede Seymour, Peter Davies, Steve White, Paul Humphreys, Nick Todd, Jon Bowman, Alex King, Paul Harvey-Smith, Kevin Unthank, Chris Beal, Terry Heatlie, and Gavin Thomas.

Special thanks to Carol Wilhelmy of SunSoft and Clive King from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth, for extensive proofreading.

We owe thanks to several folks who helped us with facilities and network support, including Gerard Krajenka, Bob Beaudette, Tom Young, Ginger Spory and Scott Woods, all from the SunService Solution Center based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

A big thanks goes to Glenn Wickboldt. When we first came up with the idea for Panic! , Glenn was the manager who approved the project and kept us going throughout Panic! 's infancy.

This book would not have been finished without support ” technical, managerial , and emotional ” from John Ryan, OS Product Support Manager of the UK Answer Centre, John Sanders, Adrian Cockcroft, Peter van der Linden, Dr. Stragenholm, Keith Bierman, Hal Stern, Tim Marsland, Marty Stewart, and especially Karin Ellison of SunSoft Press. Thank you all!

Finally, a very special thanks to Charles LaBrec and Ken Erickson for writing and customizing kas , and allowing us to include kas on the Panic! CD-ROM.

” Chris and Kimberley