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On behalf of AIS, I would like to thank the many people who contributed to the production of this book, including Sams Publishing. Our extra special thanks goes out to James Forgy and Gregory Goleash for their remarkable efforts in such a short period of time. We wish to thank Dr. Frederick Lenz, author of Snowboarding to Nirvana, for many of our creative ideas. We offer a great deal of gratitude to those who helped to beta-test our product, the AIS Internet Development Suite. This remarkable Internet development product is featured in Chapter 50, "Using the AIS Web Developer Suite." We take our hat off to the people of Oracle Corporation for their impeccable software. Personally, I wish to thank Michael Richards, C.E.O. of AIS, for his insight into how Oracle fits into the business community. Lastly, I would like to thank Julie and Tia for their support during the production of this book.
”Brett Mark, Senior Vice President of Development, Advanced Information Systems, Inc. (800) 327-9725, http://www.advanis.com, bmark@advanis.com.
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