ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My thanks to Dan Caldwell, Mike Glencross, Brian Huddell, and Greg Notske for their
contributions to this book and Diane McMichael Gilster for her great photography.
I would also like to acknowledge the patience and support of the crew at Osborne:
Michael Sprague, Patty Mon, and Paulina Pobocha.
And special thanks to the following companies and organizations for the use of their
product images, illustrations, and information:3M Corporation (www.3m.com)
ATOP Technologies (www.atop.com.tw)
American Megatrends, Inc. (www.ami.com)
AOpen America, Inc. (www.aopen.com)
Belkin Components (www.belkin.com)
Boundless Technologies (www.boundless.com)
COLORCASE, a division of Rainier Company (www.colorcase.com)
Delkin Devices, Inc. (www.delkin.com)
Desco Industries, Inc. (www.desco.com)
Enlight Corporation (www.enlightcorp.com)
Epson Corporation (www.epson.com)
Gateway, Inc. (www.gateway.com)
Hewlett-Packard Company (www.hp.com)
Hungtech Industrial Co., Ltd. (www.hungtech.com.tw)
IBM Corporation (www.ibm.com)
Ines, Inc. (www.ines.com)
Intel Corporation (www.intel.com)
In Touch Systems (www.magicwandkeyboard.com)
In-Win Development, Inc. (www.in-win.com)
Iwill USA (www.iwillusa.com)
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. (www.kingston.com)
Lexmark International, Inc. (www.lexmark.com)
Linksys Corporation (www.linksys.com)
Logitech Inc. (www.logitech.com)
Niagara Technology (www.niagaratech.com)
Nidec America Corporation (www.nidec.com)
Nokia USA Corporation (www.nokia.com)
Oki Data Americas, Inc. (www.okidata.com)
PC Power and Cooling, Inc. (www.pcpowercooling.com)
Saitek Industries (www.saitekusa.com)
School Technologies, Inc. (www.schooltechnologies.com)
Silicon Integrated Systems, Inc. (www.sis.com)
Super Micro Computer (www.supermicro.com)
The Computer Garage (www.computergarage.org)
Tecpel Co., Ltd. (www.tecpel.com)
ViewSonic Corporation (www.viewsonic.com)
Xantrex Technology Inc. (www.xantrex.com)Acknowledgments xix
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