Acknowledgments

Thanks to my husband, Darce Cassidy, for his feedback, patience, cooking and the photo on page 73. Thanks to my son, Michael Cassidy, for his sage-like comments. Thanks to Anna Rigg for the photo on page 60. Thanks to Robyn Harvey for your friendship and encouragement. To Arthur Dent, thanks for nagging me in 1999 to get involved in open-source software, where intelligence and cooperation help overcome short-sighted, greedy, vendor lock-in.

A special thanks to Alexandre Prokoudine; the book is richer for your helpful and incisive technical review. Thanks to Roman for writing the painting and drawing chapters and for sticking with the project, even after the arrival of your first child. Thanks to Jessica Belanger, Matt Wade, ...

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