Note 1: For more information about Bruce Eckel's work see http://www.mindview.net, for more about Julian Bucknall see http://www.boyet.com.

This note is part of the introduction, where I refer to people who have influenced my decision of publishing this book on Lulu. This blog post is part of my "113 Delphi 2007 Handbook Notes" blogging project, to promote my new Delphi book.