**David W. Solomon** is a Que product development specialist and staff writer who specializes in operating systems, database management, and programming. Since 1978, he has worked with a variety of operating systems on both minicomputers and microcomputers, and he has developed and written custom software for scientific and business applications on a world-wide basis. He was instrumental in determining the emphasis for this book, assembled the team of contributors, and worked closely with them through manuscript development, editing, and final review. In addition to being the primary author of this book, he is also the author of [MS-DOS QuickStart](/works/OL4486720W/), the coauthor of [dBASE IV Applications Library](/works/OL4655059W/), 2nd Edition, and a contributing author of [Using Turbo Prolog](/works/OL5282851W/), all published by Que Corporation. — [MS-DOS: Userʼs Guide](/works/OL18173637W/)