Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank David Chappell for believing in
the project from the very beginning and for hosting our book in
his prestigious series. The deep discussions we had about identity
and how to explain its nuances were invaluable in helping
us communicate the most complex topics.
We would like to thank Kim Cameron for eliciting the dialog
that led to the Laws, the Identity Metasystem, and ultimately
Windows CardSpace. We could not have hoped for anybody
more appropriate for writing the foreword.
Many thanks to the Addison-Wesley production staff, who
steered, guided, and helped us with great professionalism and
in?¬?nite patience: Joan Murray, Chris Zahn, Curt Johnson, Betsy
Harris, and Emily Frey.
This book would have never been written if we hadn??™t had
many enlightening conversations with our colleagues: among
others, Ruchi Bhargava, Rakesh Bilaney, Donovan Follette, Vijay
Gajjala, HongMei Ge, Andy Harjanto, Nicolo Isola, Mike Jones,
Rajeswari Malladi, Luke Melton, Arun Nanda, Mark Oluper,
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Govind Ramanathan, Rich Randall, Chuck Reeves, Nigel
Watling, Hervey Wilson, and Steven Woodward.
We would like to thank our management for endorsing and
encouraging us in this endeavor: James Conard, Samuel
Devasahayam, Neil Hutson, Stuart Kwan, and Anand
Sivaramakichenane.
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