"After getting a number of articles about Java servlets and a couple of chapters for a server-side Java book published, my confidence was so high that I sent mail to O'Reilly & Associates and asked if they wanted me to write a book about JSP. Much to my surprise (I guess my confidence was not so high after all), they said "Yes!" " "Finally, thanks to my parents, my sister and her family, and to all my friends in the real world and in cyberspace, for encouragement and inspiration." "Finally thanks for all the support from family and friends, for being able to live a life that makes this possible, and for Friday nights with the "sushi gang." Cheers!" A DOSE OF DILBERT value="thoughts" "A Brief History of Bits"