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Dear Reader:
Coriolis Technology Press was founded to create a very elite group of books: the ones you keep closest to
your machine. Sure, everyone would like to have the Library of Congress at arm’s reach, but in the real world,
you have to choose the books you rely on every day very carefully.
To win a place for our books on that coveted shelf beside your PC, we guarantee several important qualities in
every book we publish. These qualities are:
•Technical accuracy—It’s no good if it doesn’t work. Every Coriolis Technology Press book is reviewed by
technical experts in the topic field, and is sent through several editing and proofreading passes in order to
create the piece of work you now hold in your hands.
•Innovative editorial design—We’ve put years of research and refinement into the ways we present
information in our books. Our books’ editorial approach is uniquely designed to reflect the way people learn
new technologies and search for solutions to technology problems.
•Practical focus—We put only pertinent information into our books and avoid any fluff. Every fact included
between these two covers must serve the mission of the book as a whole.
•Accessibility—The information in a book is worthless unless you can find it quickly when you need it. We
put a lot of effort into our indexes, and heavily cross−reference our chapters, to make it easy for you to move
right to the information you need.
Here at The Coriolis Group we have been publishing and packaging books, technical journals, and training
materials since 1989. We’re programmers and authors ourselves, and we take an ongoing active role in
defining what we publish and how we publish it. We have put a lot of thought into our books; please write to
us at ctp@coriolis.com and let us know what you think. We hope that you’re happy with the book in your
hands, and that in the future, when you reach for software development and networking information, you’ll
turn to one of our books first.
Keith Weiskamp President and CEO
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