| 1 | <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>About the Cover Artwork</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Samba-3 by Example"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Samba-3 by Example"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Samba-3 by Example"><link rel="next" href="pr02.html" title="Acknowledgments"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">About the Cover Artwork</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pr02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="preface" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2540354"></a>About the Cover Artwork</h2></div></div></div><p>
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| 2 | The cover artwork of this book continues the freedom theme of the first
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| 3 | edition of “<span class="quote">Samba-3 by Example</span>”. The history of civilization
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| 4 | demonstrates the fragile nature of freedom. It can be lost in a moment,
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| 5 | and once lost, the cost of recovering liberty can be incredible. The last
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| 6 | edition cover featured Alfred the Great who liberated England from the
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| 7 | constant assault of Vikings and Norsemen. Events in England that
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| 8 | finally liberated the common people came about in small steps, but
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| 9 | the result should not be under-estimated. Today, as always, freedom and
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| 10 | liberty are seldom appreciated until they are lost. If we can not quantify
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| 11 | what is the value of freedom, we shall be little motivated to protect it.
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| 12 | </p><p>
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| 13 | <span class="emphasis"><em>Samba-3 by Example Cover Artwork:</em></span> The British houses
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| 14 | of parliament are a symbol of the Westminster system of government. This form
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| 15 | of government permits the people to govern themselves at the lowest level, yet
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| 16 | it provides for courts of appeal that are designed to protect freedom and to
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| 17 | hold back all forces of tyranny. The clock is a pertinent symbol of the
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| 18 | importance of time and place.
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| 19 | </p><p>
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| 20 | The information technology industry is being challenged by the imposition of
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| 21 | new laws, hostile litigation, and the imposition of significant constraint
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| 22 | of practice that threatens to remove the freedom to develop and deploy open
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| 23 | source software solutions. Samba is a software solution that epitomizes freedom
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| 24 | of choice in network interoperability for Microsoft Windows clients.
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| 25 | </p><p>
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| 26 | I hope you will take the time needed to deploy it well, and that you may realize
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| 27 | the greatest benefits that may be obtained. You are free to use it in ways never
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| 28 | considered, but in doing so there may be some obstacles. Every obstacle that is
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| 29 | overcome adds to the freedom you can enjoy. Use Samba well, and it will serve
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| 30 | you well.
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