[MyAppleMenu] Aug 16, 2000
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== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Happy Birthday, iMac! (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/imac/two.html>
The iMac has redefined the industry and redefined Apple as a trendsetter. Just imagine where we'll be two years from now.
== AppleSurf (News) ====================
Lab Rats (Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0821/6605140a.htm>
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Build a better mouse--will users do the same?
== AppleSurf (Opinion) ====================
Be Thankful For Apple Secrecy (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/scope/2k0816.html>
In a world where marketing is at least as important as the research and development that goes into something (take a peek at any commercial for a Hollywood movie), hype goes a long way. You just can't buy the type of marketing that a good rumor can generate.
Happy Birthday, iMac! (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/imac/two.html>
The iMac has redefined the industry and redefined Apple as a trendsetter. Just imagine where we'll be two years from now.
Adobe Sues; Macromedia Says "Go Away" (Think Secret)
<http://www.thinksecret.com/features/adobemm.html>
Floating palettes are nothing new.
== AppleSurf (Reviews) ====================
Freeverse's Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0008/16.puzzlelab.shtml>
The wit and attention to detail we've come to expect from Freeverse is ever-present here, and Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab should find happy lab partners in arcade fiends as well in gamers looking for something the whole family can enjoy.
== The Wintel Empire (News) ====================
Was MS Right About Linux After All? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2615365,00.html>
"Your honor," Warden would say, sweeping his hand for emphasis. "You see before you the full expanse of a flourishing industry. Forget all that chatter about Linux being the software operating system that could. This is the operating system that will!"
Prosperity Sucks: Mike Dell's Dirty Little Secret (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/TomNadeau/TomNadeau50.html>
When Mike Dell's band of city slickers came down here to Nashville, they brought a lot of tall tales and plenty of spin. They didn't bring cash. Instead, they passed the hat and praised the motherboard.
Dell Loves Linux (PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,18060,00.html>
Michael Dell, who has built his successful Dell Computer selling Windows PCs, was full of praise Tuesday for the Linux operating system.
Lab Rats (Forbes)
<http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0821/6605140a.htm>
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Build a better mouse--will users do the same?
What Microsoft's .NET Doesn't Get (Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/content/magazine/breakthrough/2000/08/08/15428>
With .NET, Microsoft is trying to fend off the monopoly-threatening mathematics of impending device promiscuity.
== Breaking Barriers (News) ====================
AOL 6.0 Preview Reveals Redesign (PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,18058,00.html>
Revamping includes improved e-mail and shopping features, more customization.
AOL 5 Point 0, Uh Oh! (MoreBusiness.com)
<http://www.morebusiness.com/running_your_business/technology/d963190599.brc>
Thinking about installing AOL 5.0 for Windows? Resist the temptation for the time being.
What Microsoft's .NET Doesn't Get (Business 2.0)
<http://www.business2.com/content/magazine/breakthrough/2000/08/08/15428>
With .NET, Microsoft is trying to fend off the monopoly-threatening mathematics of impending device promiscuity.
== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ====================
Was MS Right About Linux After All? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2615365,00.html>
"Your honor," Warden would say, sweeping his hand for emphasis. "You see before you the full expanse of a flourishing industry. Forget all that chatter about Linux being the software operating system that could. This is the operating system that will!"
== PenguinSurf (News) ====================
Was MS Right About Linux After All? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2615365,00.html>
"Your honor," Warden would say, sweeping his hand for emphasis. "You see before you the full expanse of a flourishing industry. Forget all that chatter about Linux being the software operating system that could. This is the operating system that will!"
Rift Persists Between Linux Interface Camps (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2530760.html>
The arrival today of major corporate backing to boost the Gnome desktop user interface for Linux won't do much to unify support for a competing effort called KDE, several key executives said.
Prosperity Sucks: Mike Dell's Dirty Little Secret (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/TomNadeau/TomNadeau50.html>
When Mike Dell's band of city slickers came down here to Nashville, they brought a lot of tall tales and plenty of spin. They didn't bring cash. Instead, they passed the hat and praised the motherboard.
Dell Loves Linux (PC World)
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,18060,00.html>
Michael Dell, who has built his successful Dell Computer selling Windows PCs, was full of praise Tuesday for the Linux operating system.
It Was Geeks Vs Nerds At LinuxWorld Expo (San Jose Mercury News)
<http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/linux081600.htm>
"I'm looking for the fun stuff," said Torvalds, suggesting IBM's prototype of a Linux watch that downloads e-mail wirelessly.
== The AppleSurf Reader ====================
A List Of Their Own (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/16/bestseller/index.html>
Has Harry Potter changed the course of the New York Times Book Review -- and the children's book market -- for good or for evil? It depends on whom you ask. By Kera Bolonik.
Conventional Boom Or Bust? (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/08/16/smallbiz/index.html>
DNC protesters force L.A.'s mom-and-pop shops into riot mode, while party planners and trendy restaurants rake in the dough. By Sandra Hernandez.
== SingaporeSurf (News) ====================
Single Women Say: I'm Used To Being Alone (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,532,00.html?>
The world, for many Singaporean women, is made up of two kinds of people: The married, and the great unwed.
== SingaporeSurf (Entertainment) ====================
In Demand, In Decline (Reuters)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/design/08/15/thai.birdcage.reut/index.html>
Thai birdcages popular, but ranks of makers dwindle.
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