Acknowledgments

I want to thank my good friends and managers at Lucent Roger Levy and Paul Wilford for their support and encouragement. Also, much thanks to my good friends Patricia Dunkin and Agesino Primatic, Jr. for reviewing the text and providing a lot of good comments and suggestions.

My appreciation goes to the team at CMP Books. Thanks to Joe Casad, Catherine Janzen, and Robert Ward for editorial and technical contributions (special thanks to Robert for dealing with my many questions and paranoias throughout this whole process). Thanks to Michelle ONeal, Justin Fulmer, James Hoyt, and Madeleine Reardon Dimond for typesetting, illustrating, and indexing the book.

Finally, I want to thank my wife, Lucy, for her endless encouragement through this project. I also want to thank my son, Tommy, for helping me keep my priorities in line. Most of all, I want to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for the sacrifice that He made to provide me with eternal salvation. It just doesnt get any better than that!