To Theron Shreve, whose idea this was.
To Alan Rose, who let us know what we needed to do. To Jeanne Glasser, who helped us do it.
To Paula Lovejoy and those at PC Week who allowed (even encouraged) us to print our "weird" MicroScopes.
To John Blackford and the staff of the late, lamented Personal Computing Magazine, and to Sue Calia and Charlie Kreitzberg, Alejandrina Pattin, Charles Wieland, and Tom Farre, who helped us pay the bills while this book was ongoing.
To John Baxter of Catalyst, because he thinks this is fun, and to Chris Sterritt, formerly of Unisys, now at MRJ, who helped us access the Sun.
To Ruth Giellman, our patient, persevering Senior Editor, whose fine judgment and attention to detail have improved every aspect of this handbook.
To Michael Briner, Edra Cash, and Shari Berk without whom this book would
never have been completed.
To Peter Morley, gone to San Francisco.
To Harold, Rosalind and Anne for their helpful comments, case study draft writing, copy editing and babysitting services.
To Miriam, our hyperbabe, lulled to sleep by the clicking of busy keyboards.
To David Orr, our Desktop Publishing Specialist at Kinko's, who converted a
myriad of Macintosh files into a format we could use and provided valuable insights about life in the Mac world and editing suggestions as well.
To Herb Eisenberg, for legal counsel and moral support.