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Scott Oaks is a Java Technologist at Sun Microsystems, where he has worked since 1987. While at Sun, he has specialized on many disparate technologies, from the SunOS kernel to network programming and RPCs to the X Window System to threading. Since early 1995, he has primarily focused on Java and bringing Java technology to end users; he writes a monthly column on Java solutions for The Java Report. Around the Internet, Scott is best known as the author of olvwm, the OPEN LOOK window manager. He is also the author of Java Security (O'’Reilly & Associates).
Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Denver and a Master of Science degree in computer science from Brown University. Prior to joining Sun, he worked in the research division of Bear, Stearns.
In his other life, Scott enjoys music (he plays flute and piccolo with community groups in New York), cooking, theater, and traveling with his husband, James.
Henry Wong is a senior systems engineer at Sun Microsystems, where he has worked since 1989. Originally hired as a consultant to help customers with special device drivers, kernel modifications, and DOS interoperability products, Henry has also worked on Solaris ports, performance tuning projects, and multithreaded design and implementations for benchmarks and demos. Since early 1995, Henry has been involved in developing Java prototypes, and supporting customers who are using Java.
Prior to joining Sun, Henry earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from The Cooper Union in 1987. He joined a small software company in 1986, working on SCSI device drivers, image and audio data compression, and graphics tools used for a medical information system.
When not in front of a computer, Henry is an instrument-rated private pilot, who also likes to dabble in archery, cooking, and traveling to different places with his wife, Nini.
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