Paul Bakker and Bert Ertman
Building Modular Cloud Apps
with OSGi
Building Modular Cloud Apps with OSGi
by Paul Bakker and Bert Ertman
Copyright © 2013 Paul Bakker and Bert Ertman. All rights reserved.
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[LSI]
To Qiushi, my love, for supporting all my crazy ideas and always being there for me.
— Paul Bakker
To Jorien, my incredible wife, and to Amber, my beautiful and joyful daughter. Thank you
girls for supporting me throughout my career and for putting up with me. I love you!
— Bert Ertman