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FIRST
STRIKE
ERIC NYLUND
BALLANTINE BOOKS Х NEW YORK
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Copyright й 2003 by Microsoft Corporation
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First Edition: December 2003
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First and foremost, I would like to thank the personnel at Central
Command: Syne Mitchell and the newest officer on our team,
Kai Nylund.
The Intel Officers at Microsoft's Franchise Development Group:
Doug Zartman, Nancy Figatner, and Edward Ventura, and most
notably Eric S. Trautmann (Special Ops field agent).
The people in Section Two, a.k.a. Microsoft's User Experience
Group: Jo Tyo, Matt Whiting, Dana Fos, and Jason Groce.
Logistics officers at Ballantine/Del Rey: Keith Clayton, Nancy
Delia, Betsy Mitchell, and Steve Saffel.