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His other areas of experience and interest include compilers, middleware, clustering, GNU/Linux, RFID systems, and mobile computing. Sing Li Sing Li, bitten by the microcomputer bug since 1978, has grown up with the Microprocessor Age. His first personal computer was a $99 do-it-yourself Netronics COSMIC ELF computer with 256 bytes of memory, mail-ordered from the back pages of Popular Electronicsmagazine. Currently, Sing is a consultant, system designer, open-source software contributor, and freelance writer specializing in Java technology, as well as embedded and distributed systems architecture. He writes for several popular technical journals and e-zines, and is the creator of the “Internet Global Phone,” one of the very first Internet telephones available. He has authored and co-authored a number of books across diverse technical topics, including Tomcat, JSP, Servlets, XML, Jini, and JXTA. Ben Galbraith Ben Galbraith was introduced to Java in 1999, and has since become something of a Java enthusiast. He has written dozens of Java/J2EE applications for numerous clients, and has built his share of Web sites. He actively tinkers on several open-source projects and participates in the Java Community Process. He has also co-authored a gaggle of books on various Java/XML-related topics, including the one you’re holding now. He is president of the Utah Java User’s Group (www.ujug.org) and Director of Software Development for Amirsys (www.amirsys.com). Jon Eaves Jon Eaves is the Chief Technology Officer of ThoughtWorks Australia and has more than 15 years of soft- ware development experience in a wide variety of application domains and languages. He can be reached at [email protected]. Amit Bakore Amit Bakoreis a Sun-certified Web component developer and Java programmer. He works at Veritas Software R&D center, Pune (India). Earlier, he was a part of the Server Technologies group at Oracle, Bangalore (India), as a Senior Member Technical Staff. He has been working primarily on Java, J2EE, XML, and Linux. His areas of interest include open-source technologies and satellite-launching vehicles. He can be reached at [email protected]. Amit dedicates this work to his parents, Dr. Ramkrishna and Sau. Vaijayanti. Chanoch Wiggers Chanoch Wiggersis a senior developer with Kiwi DMD, U.K., programming with J2EE and VB. He previously worked as a technical architect with Wrox Press, editing, architecting, and contributing to Java books. Credits Acquisitions Editor Project Coordinator Robert Elliott Erin Smith Development Editor Graphics and Production Specialists Kevin Shafer Beth Brooks, Sean Decker, Lauren Goddard, Shelley Norris, Lynsey Osborne Production Editor William A. Barton Quality Control Technician Carl W. Pierce Copy Editor Brian H. 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