Acknowledgements
The foundations for this book were laid down by a project under the auspices of the IBM Academy of Technology. Accordingly, the founding members of that project must be credited, with a specific mention going to John H Bosma, William Chamberlin, Scott Gerard, Carl Anderson, and Richard Hopkins. Their kind input significantly helped incubate the ideas in this book.
Next, we must thank Mark Dickson, who worked tirelessly to steer our team within The Open Group as we captured and composed our thoughts while writing.
We are also indebted to James Hope, who helped implement and test some of our ideas on homology in Chapter 3.
Finally, we must thank the late Ian Charters, Grady Booch, and Professor Barrie Thompson for their inspiration, support, and encouragement over the years. They are the ones who set the compass.