Peter Merel is a software architect with about a decade of C++, a fair smattering of java, and lots of OOAD experience in lots of different problem domains. His most notable freeware is the GNU version of Lao Tse, which is available at http://www.chinapage.com/gnl.html . A slightly dated resume is at http://www.zip.com.au/~pete/resume.html . His interests presently center around a new socioeconomic system called a StoneSociety, details of which are at http://www.zip.com.au/~pete/ss.html .