January – February 2000 — Vol 22 No 1
Source
Open PDF • Jan–Feb 2000 • Vol 22 No 1 • 96 pages
Overview
Y2K Survival — Volume 22 opens; the world (and Pi) made it through. Beyond the Pail (Lorin Evans, 5). BOD October + November Meeting Notes (7). October + November General Meeting Reports (Steven Kiepe, 8, 11). Microsoft and the Battle for Civilization (Lawrence I. Charters, 19). Redmond on the Potomac — United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation (MWJ, 23) — DC's relevance to the US v. Microsoft antitrust case. Book Review: The Inmates Are Running the Asylum (Paul J. Chernoff, 27) — Alan Cooper. Cartoon by Charles Stancil (30). How to help someone use a computer (Phil Agre, 63) — famous essay. Best of the TCS (compiled and edited by John Ludwigson, 64). Other Developments (Washington Apple Pi Labs, 85).
Macintosh: Bailing wire and TAPE—What's a package? (One of Mac OS 9's hidden surprises.) (Dale Smith, 31). A Quick Review of Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for the Mac (Al Lubarsky, 34). Everything you ever wanted to know about Screen Shots (Mary Keene, 39). Studio Artist and Video Gogh — Turning Photos and Movies into Paintings (Dennis Dimick, 43). Another Cable Modem Story (Bob Whitesel, 52). How the iBook Revolutionized My Life (Blake Lange, 53). The Untouchable (Brad Kiepe & Andrew Kiepe, 56). Why you should buy IPNetRouter (continued).
SIGs: Genealogy SIG (12); Linux SIG (13) — new SIG launches! Graphic Arts SIG (Oct+Nov, 17).
Highlights
Linux SIG launches
New Pi SIG — Linux. Mac users exploring Open Source as Mac OS X (Unix-based) approaches.
US v. Microsoft — antitrust
Charters + MWJ on antitrust — 1999-2000 DOJ case against Microsoft (DOJ ruled MS a monopoly Nov 1999; remedy hearings 2000). Pi's DC angle.
Phil Agre's "How to help someone use a computer"
Famous essay by Phil Agre (UCLA Internet activist) — reprinted at Pi.
Inmates Running the Asylum — Paul J. Chernoff
Alan Cooper's 1999 book on software usability — design-thinking influence.
Mac OS 9 packages — Dale Smith
Packages (bundle directories) — Mac OS 9's behavior previewing what Mac OS X would standardize.
iBook revolutionized my life — Blake Lange
iBook (Jul 1999) transforms Lange's Mac use.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Steven Kiepe, Lawrence I. Charters, MWJ, Paul J. Chernoff, Charles Stancil, Phil Agre, John Ludwigson, Washington Apple Pi Labs, Dale Smith, Al Lubarsky, Mary Keene, Dennis Dimick, Bob Whitesel, Blake Lange, Brad Kiepe, Andrew Kiepe Topics: Y2K Survival, US v. Microsoft, Linux SIG, iBook Era at Pi, Mac OS 9 Packages, Cable Modem Era References: Mac OS 9, Outlook Express 5, Studio Artist, Video Gogh, IPNetRouter, The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Connections to other issues
- Linux SIG = first non-Apple SIG at Pi (Pi had been Apple-only for 20 years!)
- US v. Microsoft = major industry context — Microsoft is the antagonist
- Phil Agre reprint = part of Pi's tradition of reprinting famous essays
- Mac OS 9 Packages foreshadows OS X (launched March 2001)