The cast
Marc Hemberger, GSI -- did all the work, pestered Rene, forced RDT to add changes to root distribution, made latest changes available to me
Hans Essel, GSI -- got GSI to be a real player in the ROOT arena, adds political muscle to all that
Victor Perevoztchikov, BNL -- implemented first go at threads way back when, helped Marc and me to sort out things
MLP -- field-tested, changed stuff, tried things, fixed bugs, claims victory