[MyAppleMenu] Dec 30, 2000

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

 Apple's Bumpy Start To The New Decade (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2665180,00.html>
Apple Computer's fiscal roller-coaster ride stalled in 2000.

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

 Apple's Bumpy Start To The New Decade (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2665180,00.html>
Apple Computer's fiscal roller-coaster ride stalled in 2000.

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

 Why Newer Failed And How Apple May Follow! (MacCPU)
<http://www.maccpu.com/cafe/newer.html>
How do you fail in business with a superior product and unlimited demand?

 Mac OS X Would Have Been Better Without Aqua (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/thebackpage/2000/20001229.shtml>
That's a useless path to pursue of course, but in retrospect I think it clear that Apple should have waited for Mac OS X 2.0 to unveil Aqua.

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

 Authors Hate Feeling Cheap, Used (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40886,00.html>
Book writers and their publishers want Amazon.com to stop making it so easy for shoppers to find used copies of their new works on its website.

 Can Yahoo Reamin A Winner? (Knowledge at Wharton)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4299809-0.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..sf>
Remarkably, in this era of "burn rates," when so many Internet companies spend shareholders' money for years with only faint hope of turning profits, Yahoo has been in the black for 16 quarters. It is far and away the most popular pure portal on the Web.

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

 Authors Hate Feeling Cheap, Used (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40886,00.html>
Book writers and their publishers want Amazon.com to stop making it so easy for shoppers to find used copies of their new works on its website.

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

 Do Early Noises Signify Looming GE? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,13930,00.html?>
Singapore needs to go to the polls only by August 2002. Yet, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong outlined the ruling party's electoral strategy this month. Why this early notice?

 How Safe Do Trains Here Need To Be? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,13896,00.html?>
Challenge for officials to find right balance between higher safety standards and efficient service.

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

 2001 Will Be Marked By The E-Word: Election (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,13929,00.html?>

 Do Early Noises Signify Looming GE? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,13930,00.html?>
Singapore needs to go to the polls only by August 2002. Yet, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong outlined the ruling party's electoral strategy this month. Why this early notice?

 How Safe Do Trains Here Need To Be? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,13896,00.html?>
Challenge for officials to find right balance between higher safety standards and efficient service.

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

 The Irony Of No Art (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/life/story/0,1870,13863,00.html?>
What a way to cap 2000. Rather than No Art, More Arts was the real buzzword this year. However, quantity did not always mean better works.