Kirk has been focusing on performance tuning for quit some years now so for Ted Neward is was very obvious what the interview should be about. Next to performance questions Kirk also explains what the Java Champions program is all about.
Kirk Pepperdine is the Chief Technical Officer at JavaPerformanceTuning.com and has been focused on Object technologies and performance tuning for the last 15 years. Kirk is a co-author of the book ANT Developers Handbook and editor at The Server Side.
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