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Table of Contents » Introduction » Credits and Acknowledgements
Credits and Acknowledgements
My most sincere thanks go to Massimo Curatella and Antonella Pastore for believing in my research efforts and supporting it throughout. I must also acknowledge the unstoppable and critical help provided by Mihai Bocsaru, who has very significantly contributed to the success and finalization of this report. Nicole Neuberger deserves a special mention for having provided a sustained and systematic support to all of the preparation activities in face of many difficulties, of many late hours and of several sunshine weekends lost to this effort.
Finally, I must thank YOU, that you have purchased this report, as your contribution is a very tangible and manifest reward and a great way to support my efforts and activities, which have no other commercial interest outside of this.
The support of independent research and reporting is extremely vital today, where large corporations and consortia tend to dictate the rules of what technology you end up having, how much it costs and for how long you can use it without a need to upgrade it.
If you intend to facilitate the development of a greater market of opportunities for large and small players and if you vouch for a market in which users do have a real say in how tools are developed and sold, your money for this report is financing somebody who will struggle for this cause and defend the need for a world in which individuals can independently choose and adopt the most appropriate communication tool among a real pool of competing alternatives.
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Introduction