May-June 2002 — Vol 24 No 3

Overview

★★★ THE FINAL STUB — closes the 37-year archive (308 of 308 ingested). May-June 2002 issue. Lorin Evans President (in his final ~12 months — Pat Fauquet takes over after the May 2003 election). ★ Election Issue — pull-out election insert E1-E8 located after page 44; large WAP Vote! cover splash. ★ "Jedi versus the Borg: Mac OS X in a Microsoft World" (Lawrence I. Charters, p11) — Charters's signature Star Wars/Borg-themed Mac-defending essay. ★ "Microsoft looks at Macintosh" (Kevin Browne of MS, p58) — Microsoft's Mac Business Unit writes for Pi directly — a remarkable Pi-Microsoft moment given Charters's near-simultaneous "Jedi vs Borg" piece. ★ "Conclusion to the Maltese Cube" (Guy Serle, p47) — Serle's Maltese Cube parody-fiction series CONCLUDES, having begun September-October 2001 (2001-09 — V23 N05). ★ "A First Look at Photoshop 7" (by MWJ, p54) — Adobe Photoshop 7 reviewed at launch (released March 2002). ★ "What Condition are Your Windows In?" (Pat Fauquet, p15) — Mac OS X window management primer (Fauquet was VP-Programs and the incoming President). ★ "Preview in Review: Creating Acrobat Files in OS X" (Dennis Dimick, p8). ★ "Digital Video on the Cheap! (kind of)" (Guy Serle, p17). ★ "Review: AppleCare Protection Plan" (Paul Gerstenbluth, p20). ★ "I Made the Leap" (Bill Diffley, p25) — OS X switcher story. ★ "AppleWorks and Page Layout" (Christopher Nye, p22). ★ "Graphics File Formats Explained" (Tim Thomas, p23). ★ "Understanding Color" (Bob Mulligan, p28). ★ "Sentimental Journey Down Router 66" + "A Simpler Way to Share 'Net Connections" (Tim Kelly, pp 32+35) — networking duo. ★ "C-3 Rations — Just add members" (Lorin Evans, p5) — Evans's quirky President's column. ★ "Welcome to WAP" (Dave Ottalini, p4) — Maryland Terps NCAA basketball-team metaphor for Pi membership. "About Piracy" (p39). "New Mac Website Debutes" (Dave Ottalini, p65). DC column trilogy: Genealogist looking for photo solutions (p63); efrag drive for optimum performance (p66); Scanner useless while manual still missing (p68). WAP Garage Sale + Computer Show and Sale Jun 15, 2002 (8am-2pm; Members $5/person, Non-members $6, Tables $15). WAP Summer Camp (p36) — youth programming. WAP MacWorld Trip (p14).

Officers & masthead

President: Lorin Evans • Secretary: Ned Langston • Treasurer: Charles Froehlich • VP-Programs: Neil Laubenthal • VP-Publicity: David G. Ottalini • VP-Volunteer Services: Greg Price • VP-Membership: vacant • Directors: Kenneth Clare, Don Essick, Pat Fauquet, David Harris, Brian Mason, Richard Sanderson, Dale Smith, Charles Taylor • Editorial: Managing Editor Kathryn Murray; Review/Macintosh Editor Lawrence Charters; Apple II Editor Seth Mize; Art Editor Blake Lange • Mac Library: Ben Frank, William Jones, Fred Rodgers, Tony Salemo, Joe Swick; Apple III Librarian: David Ottalini • SIGs & Slices Coord: David Harris; Tutorial Coordinator: Pat Fauquet; Telecom SysOp: Lou Dunham; Legal Counsel: Richard Wohltman • Office: 12022 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD 20852; TCS 2400 bps (301) 984-4066 + 14400 bps (301) 984-4070; www.wap.org; office@wap.org • Annual dues: $49 ($24 for Journal subscription)

Table of contents (selected)

Highlights

★★★ THE FINAL STUB CLOSES THE 37-YEAR ARCHIVE

With this entry, the Washington Apple Pi Journal wiki contains all 308 of 308 known issues from February 1979 (1979-02 — V01 N01) through Spring 2016 (2016-03 — V38 N01). Pre-1989 gaps closed earlier 2026-05-28; 2008 N5 and 2002 N3 were the last two inland holes — both now closed.

★ Jedi versus the Borg — Lawrence I. Charters

Charters's now-famous Star Wars / Star Trek hybrid metaphor: the Mac (Jedi) defending against Microsoft Windows (the Borg) in early 2002. Paired in the same issue with Microsoft Mac BU's Kevin Browne writing directly to Pi members — the editorial contradiction is the joke.

★ Microsoft looks at Macintosh — Kevin Browne

Kevin Browne (Microsoft Mac Business Unit) writes a piece for Pi about Microsoft's Mac strategy. A rare instance of a Microsoft byline in Pi's pages. Browne later left MS and became a known Mac-community voice.

★ The Maltese Cube concludes

Guy Serle's parody-fiction series began 2001-09 — V23 N05 and ran through Nov-Dec 2001 + Jan-Feb 2002 + Mar-Apr 2002 (a year-plus run). The conclusion in this issue finally answers the Pi 25th anniversary open question about how long Maltese Cube ran (see backlog).

Pat Fauquet's window-mgmt primer

Fauquet was VP-Programs in this issue and would become Pi's 7th President after the May 2003 election (per 2003-07 — V25 N04 handoff from Evans). Her OS X piece foreshadows her presidential tenure as the Mac-OS-X-transition-era Pi voice.

Entities

People: Lorin Evans, Pat Fauquet, Lawrence Charters / Lawrence I. Charters, Dave Ottalini / David Ottalini, Guy Serle, Kevin Browne (Microsoft), Dennis Dimick, Paul Gerstenbluth, Bill Diffley, Christopher Nye, Tim Thomas, Bob Mulligan, Tim Kelly, Ned Langston, Charles Froehlich, Neil Laubenthal, Greg Price, Kenneth Clare, Don Essick, David Harris, Brian Mason, Richard Sanderson, Dale Smith, Charles Taylor, Kathryn Murray, Seth Mize, Blake Lange, Ben Frank, William Jones, Fred Rodgers, Tony Salemo, Joe Swick, Lou Dunham, Richard Wohltman, MWJ Topics: Archive Completion 2026, Pi 2002 Election, Mac OS X 10.1 Era, Maltese Cube Parody Series, Microsoft Mac BU at Pi, Charters Jedi-Borg Trope References: Mac OS X, Adobe Photoshop 7, AppleCare Protection Plan, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office for Mac, AppleWorks 6

Connections to other issues

• ★★★ THE FINAL ISSUE INGESTED — closes the 37-year archive
• Maltese Cube series: began 2001-09 — V23 N05 → continued 2001-11 — V23 N06, 2002-01 — V24 N01, 2002-03 — V24 N02 → concludes here
• 2002 Pi Election (Evans's last) — Fauquet takes over July 2003 (2003-07 — V25 N04)
• Jedi-vs-Borg trope continues Charters's anti-Microsoft "Megahard" parody covers in 2003-09 — V25 N05 + 2004-03 — V26 N02
• WAP Summer Camp — youth program (precursor to later Pi Photo Contest 2007-01 — V29 N01 community efforts)
• The eJournal experiment idea originally floated by Fauquet 2002-09 — V24 N05 (Sep-Oct 2002) post-election — V24 N3 is the issue immediately before