[AppleSurf Inbox] Apr 22, 2000

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== Top Stories ====================

Avoiding The Standardization Blues (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/04/16/0419welch.html>
When companies try to standardize computer systems, it usually means going all-Windows. Network administrator John Welch tells you what to do when the CEO says, 'We need to get rid of the Macs.'

== Seize the Day! (Great news for Mac users) ====================

Shareholders Sing Apple's Praises (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1726410.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1003-200-1726410>
With consistent profits, a tripling stock price, hot products and the first stock split in 13 years, Apple Computer shareholders had few tough questions for management at the company's annual meeting.

Users Behind A Firewall Rejoice! Apple Quietly Introduces HTTP Streaming Transport In QuickTime 4.1.1 (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/news/00/april/000421/quicktime411http.shtml>
Apple offered the 4.1.1 update to their QuickTime software in early April. Although there were several minor bug fixes, there is no mention, unless you do a bit of digging, of the additional ability to stream using HTTP.

== Listen Up! (Opinions around the web) ====================

Why No Women On Apple's Board? (Applelinks.com)
<http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2000/04/20000420215206.shtml>
Your editor has seen a lot of water pass under his own little bridge, and we would like to remind all of you that precisely the same arguments, whether sincerely uttered or intended to manipulate, were advanced time and time again in the century just past to explain why blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, Irishmen, etc. etc. and women were not to be found, recruited for, or admitted to this position or the other. 

The Bittersweet End Of The Macintosh Utopia (Macville.com)
<http://www.macville.com/features/mike/utopia.shtml>
And while they didn’t mind if I installed Netscape (and a few other freeware utilities I’ve found to be indispensable for my job), Outlook and Office had to stay. They use it too much throughout the company for me not to use it. So I sucked it up and decided, “It can’t be that bad, can it?”

Apple's Pro Dance Card (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/04/16/0421mrfinance.html>
Apple may be the belle of the consumer ball, but it's still got to dance with them what brung it. 

Avoiding The Standardization Blues (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/04/16/0419welch.html>
When companies try to standardize computer systems, it usually means going all-Windows. Network administrator John Welch tells you what to do when the CEO says, 'We need to get rid of the Macs.'

== Thousand Flowers (News on Macintosh third-parties) ====================

Get Organized The Macintosh Way (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2000/nf00419b.htm>
A new Personal Organizer upgrade from Chronos helps even the sloppiest people get some order in their lives.

Microsoft Mistakenly Posts Product Information On Web Site (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1727910.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1003-200-1727910>
Microsoft inadvertently posted on a Web site today information about its upcoming Macintosh Office upgrade, including details about important new features.

== Know Thy Enemy (Keeping track of the Wintel empire) ====================

Microsoft Tries On A Friendly Face (Wall Street Journal)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2553747,00.html>
Microsoft is overhauling its advertising approach, shifting most of its ad budget to the selling of Microsoft itself.

The Bittersweet End Of The Macintosh Utopia (Macville.com)
<http://www.macville.com/features/mike/utopia.shtml>
And while they didn’t mind if I installed Netscape (and a few other freeware utilities I’ve found to be indispensable for my job), Outlook and Office had to stay. They use it too much throughout the company for me not to use it. So I sucked it up and decided, “It can’t be that bad, can it?”

== Breaking Barriers (About the internet and the web) ====================

No 3-letter .COM Names Left (NYPOST.COM)
<http://www.nypost.com/business/28458.htm>
Looking for that perfect name for your Web site, one that's short, snappy, and easy to remember? Well, unless it has more than three letters, turns out you're out of luck - at least for now.

Bittersweet Releases (Hot Wired)
<http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/17/index3a.html>
But now everything is new again. The big fish (Netscape and Microsoft) and the small (Opera) have anted up another round of releases, and the new playing field gives the developer community some pleasant surprises as well as some familiar disappointments. 

RealNetworks Patches Video Server Vulnerability (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1727494.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1005-200-1727494>
Streaming media giant RealNetworks this morning posted a patch for a flaw in its video servers that leaves them vulnerable to crippling attacks.

Netscape Tests Patches For Security Hole (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1717169.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1005-200-1717169>
Netscape is testing patches for a newly discovered security hole in its Communicator Web browser that could expose private files.
 
 

== Misc (The other stuff) ====================

The Death Of Shrink-wrapped Software (Atomz.com)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2551084,00.html>
Goodbye, shelves and shrink-wrap: The Web's new Application Service Provider (ASP) model of distribution will change the face of software sales forever. 
 

== Entertainment ====================

The Necessary Stage Moves Into Marine Parade (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/articles/2000/04/21/singaporenews24690.htm>
Residents of Marine Parade will no longer have to go far for a bit of theatre: The Necessary Stage has moved to the Marine Parade CC and will soon be staging plays at its very own theatre there.

== Around Town ====================

Singapore Loosens Reins With Speakers Corner (Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/04/21/text/p7s1.html>
It may be only a little patch of green in a public park, but the proposal for a Speakers Corner here marks a deep departure from the tightly controlled environment that has dominated this small Southeast Asian country.

Told To Make Good Illegal Withdrawals (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/for4_0422.html>
Patrick Goh How Yong: Surely, a cardholder deserves some kind of proof substantiating a bank's claim besides a mere statement of account? And what recourse is available to cardholders who dispute such claims?