[MyAppleMenu] Dec 6, 2000

Wed Dec 6 21:05:03 EST 2000

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ==============

Apple's Woes Arise From Its Niche Market (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-4027197-0.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..sf>
Apple's basic problem is that its market is restricted mainly to a group of devoted home users, many of whom bought iMacs 18 months ago and who now have no reason to replace them.

Dealers See A Bump In The Road (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/12/03/1206resellers.html>
Wall Street may be punishing Apple for Tuesday's profit warning, but Apple resellers contacted by MacWEEK expressed optimism that the company can weather its latest crisis.

== AppleSurf (News) ==============

Investors' Faith In Apple Tested (CBS Marketwatch)
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20001206/news/current/All_Aboard.htx?source=htx/http2_mw>
The old investment adage tells us to never fall in love with a stock we own. Obviously, the Apple faithful tend to thumb their nose at this tidbit of advice - they live by the Apple and are prepared to die by the Apple if need be.

Analysts Skeptical Apple Turnaround Will Be Quick (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/06.turnaround.shtml>
A number of Wall Street analysts are concerned that Apple's forecast of positive earnings in the next quarter is too optimistic, given the slowdown in the economy and a fall off in overall personal computer sales worldwide.

Price And Profit Cuts Loom For Apple (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4021829.html>
How does Apple Computer hold a fire sale without also starting a blaze that could leave its earnings in ashes?

Apple Sets Date For OS X (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,2662024,00.html?chkpt=p1bn>
Apple's top brass expects to launch Mac OS X at a special event on Feb. 24, more than five weeks after Macworld Expo/San Francisco and two weeks after Macworld Expo/Tokyo.

The Poisoned Apple Won't Kill Ya (TheStreet.com)
<http://www.thestreet.com/comment/wrong/1200329.html>
Ignore the Apple in the room. It knows nothing. It tells you nothing. It means nothing.

Stocks Slide On Apple, Economy News (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-4022990.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
An earnings warning from Apple Computer drove tech stocks lower Wednesday, while economic news suggested problems ahead for the U.S. economy.

Dealers See A Bump In The Road (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/12/03/1206resellers.html>
Wall Street may be punishing Apple for Tuesday's profit warning, but Apple resellers contacted by MacWEEK expressed optimism that the company can weather its latest crisis.

== AppleSurf (Opinions) ==============

Should You Buy A New Mac Now To Help Apple? (Mac Night Owl)
<http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#help>
Would it make sense to ditch the current shopping plans and give Apple a boost?

Holy Cow! Will Apple Open Its Own Stores? (BusinessWeek)
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2000/nf2000126_065.htm>
If it worked for Gateway, why not for Apple too?

In Focus: Apple (CNNfn)
<http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/12/06/technology/q_infocus/>
If there's a lot of excess inventory there will have to be price cuts next year. There could be a bloodbath in pricing in the first part of next year if they don't move inventories over the holidays.

Apple's Woes Arise From Its Niche Market (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-201-4027197-0.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..sf>
Apple's basic problem is that its market is restricted mainly to a group of devoted home users, many of whom bought iMacs 18 months ago and who now have no reason to replace them.

The "Mercury" PowerBook (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/rumors.shtml>
In the end, we anticipate a more evolutionary Mercury: thinner and with a slightly larger display.

The Top 10 MacOS X Misconceptions (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/5711.html>
Apple's new operating system, currently released as a public beta, is causing quite a stir in the Macintosh community. MacOS X is a technological and operational shift from the traditional Macintosh OS.  Much FUD -- Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt -- is being generated by those unfamiliar with the current product and where Apple plans to take it.

== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ==============

Same PC Blunders, Forever (PC Magazine)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2661814,00.html>
As I've been suffering through a migration to a new machine, I've noticed that the same little problems that have plagued users for over a decade just seem to continue. At this point, I've given up on seeing any improvement anytime soon.

== The Wintel Empire (News) ==============

Same PC Blunders, Forever (PC Magazine)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2661814,00.html>
As I've been suffering through a migration to a new machine, I've noticed that the same little problems that have plagued users for over a decade just seem to continue. At this point, I've given up on seeing any improvement anytime soon.

== Breaking Barriers (Top Stories) ==============

Dot-Com Spy's Virtual Journalism Makes Big trouble At New Yorker (The New York Observer)
<http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=3552>
Since Mr. Rothman had essentially reported his story through subterfuge, it was nearly impossible to corroborate facts by contacting members of the dot-com company, who were not aware they had been duped. As a result, Mr. Rothman himself was relied upon to confirm the essence of his taleÐand that, in the end, would prove to be the pieceÕs undoing.

Free Opera: Start Of Something Big? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2662009,00.html>
The Norwegian software maker has made its first free browser available for download; will Linux, Mac OS, and BeOS versions be next?

Rival Browser Releases To Challenge Netscape 6 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4026313.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
As Netscape Communications weathers heavy criticism that it released its latest browser prematurely, competition is heating up.

== Breaking Barriers (News) ==============

Dot-Com Spy's Virtual Journalism Makes Big trouble At New Yorker (The New York Observer)
<http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=3552>
Since Mr. Rothman had essentially reported his story through subterfuge, it was nearly impossible to corroborate facts by contacting members of the dot-com company, who were not aware they had been duped. As a result, Mr. Rothman himself was relied upon to confirm the essence of his taleÐand that, in the end, would prove to be the pieceÕs undoing.

Book Clubs: Forgotten But Not Dead (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Current?art_id=16676&podId=8>
Everybody blames the decline of book clubs on the Internet, but in fact the Web may end up being their savior.

Blodget Sees A Squeeze For Yahoo (The Industry Standard)
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20660,00.html>
The Merrill Lynch analyst says the dot-com crunch will hurt Yahoo's ad revenue in the first half of 2001, but he stands by his full-year projections. Even so, the stock sank on his words.

Free Opera: Start Of Something Big? (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2662009,00.html>
The Norwegian software maker has made its first free browser available for download; will Linux, Mac OS, and BeOS versions be next?

Amazon Site Crashes Again (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40543,00.html>
For the third time in less than two weeks, the website of Amazon.com crashed Tuesday after what the online retailer said was an internal software mix-up.

Rival Browser Releases To Challenge Netscape 6 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4026313.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
As Netscape Communications weathers heavy criticism that it released its latest browser prematurely, competition is heating up.

== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ==============

IBM Linux Mainframe Chosen By European Telecom (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4028271.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
IBM has replaced Sun Microsystems at Telia, a Scandanavian telecommunications customer that will use Big Blue's mainframe running Linux instead of 70 Sun servers.

== PenguinSurf (News) ==============

IBM Linux Mainframe Chosen By European Telecom (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4028271.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
IBM has replaced Sun Microsystems at Telia, a Scandanavian telecommunications customer that will use Big Blue's mainframe running Linux instead of 70 Sun servers.

== The AppleSurf Reader ==============

Dot-Com Spy's Virtual Journalism Makes Big trouble At New Yorker (The New York Observer)
<http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=3552>
Since Mr. Rothman had essentially reported his story through subterfuge, it was nearly impossible to corroborate facts by contacting members of the dot-com company, who were not aware they had been duped. As a result, Mr. Rothman himself was relied upon to confirm the essence of his taleÐand that, in the end, would prove to be the pieceÕs undoing.

The Cool Kids' Corner Gets A Little More Crowded As Elle Spins Off A Teen Magazine (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Current?art_id=16977&podId=7>
Hachette Filipacchi is banking on those 12- to 17-year-old girls not being satisfied with the surfeit of titles already out there.

Book Clubs: Forgotten But Not Dead (Inside)
<http://www.inside.com/story/Current?art_id=16676&podId=8>
Everybody blames the decline of book clubs on the Internet, but in fact the Web may end up being their savior.

== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ==============

Turn Left For Aljunied GRC? Think Again (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,9685,00.html?>
Hard to build communities with boundary headaches.

Case: Solve Billing Problems, Singapore Power (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,8531,00.html?>
In a terse letter issued yesterday, it asked the utility company to commit to a deadline for solving the problem.

Singapore's Other Founding Father: Lim Kim San - The Masterbuilder And Media Czar (Asiaweek)
<http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/foc/2000/12/05/>
Although Lim Kim San made SPH more efficient and profitable, he never managed to dispel the outside world's negative perceptions about the servile nature of the Singapore press.

Mixed Signals On Prospect Of Early Elections In Singapore (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001206/singapore/afp/Mixed_signals_on_prospect_of_early_elections_in_Singapore.html>
"Whether they are held early or late is not going to have a difference because the fundamental problems with the electoral process remain."

== SingaporeSurf (News) ==============

Turn Left For Aljunied GRC? Think Again (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,9685,00.html?>
Hard to build communities with boundary headaches.

No Plans For Third Media Giant: SBA (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/4/news/nsing02.html>

Case: Solve Billing Problems, Singapore Power (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,8531,00.html?>
In a terse letter issued yesterday, it asked the utility company to commit to a deadline for solving the problem.

Singapore's Other Founding Father: Lim Kim San - The Masterbuilder And Media Czar (Asiaweek)
<http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/foc/2000/12/05/>
Although Lim Kim San made SPH more efficient and profitable, he never managed to dispel the outside world's negative perceptions about the servile nature of the Singapore press.

Mixed Signals On Prospect Of Early Elections In Singapore (AFP)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/afp/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001206/singapore/afp/Mixed_signals_on_prospect_of_early_elections_in_Singapore.html>
"Whether they are held early or late is not going to have a difference because the fundamental problems with the electoral process remain."

== SingaporeSurf (Entertainment) ==============

SBA Accepts Call For TV To Go The Digital Way (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/4/news/nsing01.html>