[MyAppleMenu] Oct 9, 2000

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple: OS X Galvanizes Modern Macs (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2638154,00.html>

The recently released public beta version of Mac OS X opens a new OS era to users of current Macs, according to Apple Director of Mac OS Product Marketing Ken Bereskin. In an exclusive interview with ZDNet News, Bereskin said the new age will feature tighter integration between current Mac hardware and software than ever before.

Under The Hood With Mac OS X (Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47-68-84-90_STO52070,00.html>
New Unix-based operating system's beta shows reliability but erratic performance.

Apple's Trouble Lie At Its Core (Dow Jones Newswire)
<http://www.economictimes.com/today/08lead02.htm>
Apple is expected to capture less than 30 per cent of new shipments to schools this year. Naturally, in the cutthroat world of selling boxes and laptops, the top PC makers have fixed their sights on schools and colleges at a time when many of the advantages Apple used to enjoy are fading.

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

Apple Has Rotten Season (123Jump)
<http://www.123jump.com/p0.htm?p=/archive/a001009031.htm&amp;f=foot3.htm>

Apple: OS X Galvanizes Modern Macs (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2638154,00.html>

The recently released public beta version of Mac OS X opens a new OS era to users of current Macs, according to Apple Director of Mac OS Product Marketing Ken Bereskin. In an exclusive interview with ZDNet News, Bereskin said the new age will feature tighter integration between current Mac hardware and software than ever before.

Apple Announces Mandich's Retirement (Apple)
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/oct/09mandich.html>
Apple today announced that Mitch Mandich, senior vice president of Worldwide Sales, will be retiring from Apple at the end of December.

Nolo Quits Mac Development (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0010/09.nolo.shtml>
"Quite simply, it costs us more to develop for the Mac than we can ever recover selling Mac-based software."

Singapore NatSteel Electronics: Apple Hasn't Canceled Contracts (Dow Jones)
<http://asia.biz.yahoo.com/news/asian_markets/article.html?s=asiafinance/news/001009/asian_markets/dowjones/Singapore_NatSteel_Elec__Apple_Hasn_t_Canceled_Contracts.html>
NatSteel Electronics Ltd. said Monday that Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) hasn't canceled any contracts with it, said Chay Yee Ming, its chief financial officer. "Apple is still using NEL as the exclusive supplier for motherboards," Chay said.

Apple Retain Core User Base On The Web, But Fails To Take A Bite Out Of Microsoft (WebSideStory Press Release)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/001009/ca_apple_u.html>

QuickTime Live Opens In L.A. (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/10/08/1009qtlive.html>
Digital video pros are headed for Beverly Hills as Apple Computer's QuickTime Live conference opens Monday with a full slate of workshops. The event runs through Thursday, when the product showcase is open to the public.

Airlines Plan To Offer Internet Access In Terminals (Associated Press)
<http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500266878-500414512-502548323-0,00.html>
The plans come at a time when relations between airlines and travelers are frayed over delays. Only 70 percent of planes are making their schedules, the Transportation Department says. United Airlines came in last among the 10 large carriers in August, with just 42.7 percent on-time arrivals.

Jeff Hawkins, Handhelds (InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/09/001009hnjh.xml>
"I knew people wanted something like this. Why else would they keep buying them -- Apple sold 100,000 Newtons --" he says in a quick aside, "and then, after a while, throw them in a drawer?"

Apple's Trouble Lie At Its Core (Dow Jones Newswire)
<http://www.economictimes.com/today/08lead02.htm>
Apple is expected to capture less than 30 per cent of new shipments to schools this year. Naturally, in the cutthroat world of selling boxes and laptops, the top PC makers have fixed their sights on schools and colleges at a time when many of the advantages Apple used to enjoy are fading.

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

Unix Gambit Alone Isn't Enough To Save Apple (MacDirectory)
<http://www.macdirectory.com/4u/wire.fm$retrieve?Serial=9212&html=NewsDetail.html>
All I do know is that Linux is becoming a credible desktop far faster than most would have predicted, and Apple's pretty plastic cases and faux-open-source OS won't be enough to keep it from being the next victim of Linux's rise up the food chain.

Apple Announces Retirement Of Vice President Of Worldwide Sales (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2000/10/09.11.shtml>
All that said, clearly Apple does need to make some changes, and we can hope that whoever replaces Mr. Mandich will perform as well as he has. In the meanwhile, we offer a Mac Observer Salute to Mr. Mandich and thank him for his hard work in bringing the Mac to more people! We wish him well in his next venture.

Apple Retail Store, PR Nightmare (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=576>
If Apple does follow through and open a retail chain, there will be the loudest scream of "foul" and all the current Apple Authorized Resellers will be making noise, again illustrating how Apple doesn´t care about them. Apple will be inviting weeks/months of bad publicity as they are trying to improve on their sales.

== AppleSurf (Reviews) ==============

Office 2001 Gives Mac Users What they Want (Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/content/cover/story?section=cover&pagename=story&storyid=1150490208322>
The four components of Office 2001 - Excel (spreadsheet), PowerPoint (presentation), Entourage (a new e-mail, address and calendar application) and Word - look so Mac-like you'll find it hard to believe it came from Microsoft.

More Than Just A Pretty Face (Orlando Sentinel)
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/shopping/content/cobbs/personal_technology/100700_maccube.htm>
The Cube sets a new standard in style for Macs and PCs.

Under The Hood With Mac OS X (Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47-68-84-90_STO52070,00.html>
New Unix-based operating system's beta shows reliability but erratic performance.

Netscape 6 PR3: Swings And Roundabouts (MacEdition)
<http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20001009.shtml>
How many point releases of Netscape 4.x have there been this year? Why aren't they moving resources into chasing down the last bugs and issues with Netscape 6? Why haven't they withdrawn Netscape 4 from the market?

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

Forget About Exchange 2000 (Sm at rt Partner)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2637925,00.html>
Long delayed, Exchange 2000 finally is appearing, and guess what? After an additional year in the oven, it's still raw.

Bright Outlook For MS Exchange 2000 (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2637797,00.html>
Microsoft gets high marks for Exchange 2000, set to launch next week. One user says it's like trading in a skateboard for a Ferrari.

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

Forget About Exchange 2000 (Sm at rt Partner)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2637925,00.html>
Long delayed, Exchange 2000 finally is appearing, and guess what? After an additional year in the oven, it's still raw.

Intel Shifts Executives To Speed Pentium 4 (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3145260.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Intel on Monday reshuffled responsibilities inside its microprocessor division to stem the chronic manufacturing problems that have stumped the company for more than a year.

Bright Outlook For MS Exchange 2000 (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2637797,00.html>
Microsoft gets high marks for Exchange 2000, set to launch next week. One user says it's like trading in a skateboard for a Ferrari.

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

The View From The Twin Towers Of Tech Info Online (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/1/views/viewsse.html>
Both CNET and ZDNet, which merge in a fortnight, are rare online industry success stories. But why?

The Mojo Solution (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/10/09/mojo_nation/index.html>
Mojo Nation looks more a like a libertarian dream come true than anything else that's out there. It is nothing short of the first-ever encryption-protected, user-run, open-source, file-sharing marketplace. It essentially takes the decentralized model of other Napster alternatives like Freenet and Gnutella and adds on a layer of laissez-faire experimentation.

Netscape 6: Bad Message For Biz Users (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2637785,00.html>
The final beta of Netscape 6 looks like it will offer much greater Web browsing capabilities than previous Netscape Communications Corp. browsers, but it takes a few steps backward when it comes to messaging.

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

Forget About Exchange 2000 (Sm at rt Partner)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2637925,00.html>
Long delayed, Exchange 2000 finally is appearing, and guess what? After an additional year in the oven, it's still raw.

Bezos Dreams Of A Web Christmas (Reuters)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39341,00.html>
The chief executive of Amazon.com rejected criticism of the group's expansion strategy amid a sagging share price, saying it would diversify further.

Fear Of A Pay-Per-Use World (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39330,00.html>
Legal experts say the Digital Millennium Copyright Act gives too much power to copyright owners. Should they control the use of legally purchased books, movies and songs?

The View From The Twin Towers Of Tech Info Online (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/1/views/viewsse.html>
Both CNET and ZDNet, which merge in a fortnight, are rare online industry success stories. But why?

Airlines Plan To Offer Internet Access In Terminals (Associated Press)
<http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500266878-500414512-502548323-0,00.html>
The plans come at a time when relations between airlines and travelers are frayed over delays. Only 70 percent of planes are making their schedules, the Transportation Department says. United Airlines came in last among the 10 large carriers in August, with just 42.7 percent on-time arrivals.

The Mojo Solution (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/10/09/mojo_nation/index.html>
Mojo Nation looks more a like a libertarian dream come true than anything else that's out there. It is nothing short of the first-ever encryption-protected, user-run, open-source, file-sharing marketplace. It essentially takes the decentralized model of other Napster alternatives like Freenet and Gnutella and adds on a layer of laissez-faire experimentation.

Netscape 6: Bad Message For Biz Users (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2637785,00.html>
The final beta of Netscape 6 looks like it will offer much greater Web browsing capabilities than previous Netscape Communications Corp. browsers, but it takes a few steps backward when it comes to messaging.

Bright Outlook For MS Exchange 2000 (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2637797,00.html>
Microsoft gets high marks for Exchange 2000, set to launch next week. One user says it's like trading in a skateboard for a Ferrari.

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

Unix Gambit Alone Isn't Enough To Save Apple (MacDirectory)
<http://www.macdirectory.com/4u/wire.fm$retrieve?Serial=9212&html=NewsDetail.html>
All I do know is that Linux is becoming a credible desktop far faster than most would have predicted, and Apple's pretty plastic cases and faux-open-source OS won't be enough to keep it from being the next victim of Linux's rise up the food chain.

IBM Expands Red Hat Use For Servers (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3142920.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Red Hat, the top distributor of Linux operating system software in the United States, said IBM's new server and mainframe computers will run Red Hat Linux.

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

Unix Gambit Alone Isn't Enough To Save Apple (MacDirectory)
<http://www.macdirectory.com/4u/wire.fm$retrieve?Serial=9212&html=NewsDetail.html>
All I do know is that Linux is becoming a credible desktop far faster than most would have predicted, and Apple's pretty plastic cases and faux-open-source OS won't be enough to keep it from being the next victim of Linux's rise up the food chain.

IBM Expands Red Hat Use For Servers (Bloomberg News)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3142920.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni>
Red Hat, the top distributor of Linux operating system software in the United States, said IBM's new server and mainframe computers will run Red Hat Linux.

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

Singapore's Dotcom Flip-Flops (Asiaweek)
<http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/business/2000/10/06/>
Unlike Hong Kong, where there have been over 30-odd dotcom IPOs and several old-economy companies reborn as dotcom companies through injection of Internet assets (or reverse takeovers), Singapore caught the dotcom fever a bit too late. But in trying to play catch up, it may have spoiled the party for my friend and even for genuine dotcom entrepreneurs with technology and decent business models.

Golf Still A Rich Man's Game Here (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,5322,00.html?>
As long as the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) has its way, golf looks set to be a sport for the creme de la creme.

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

6 Years' School For All Children (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/pri1_1010.html>
All children born from Jan 1, 1996, will be assured of at least six years of education, as a bill has been passed to make sure their parents send them to school.

Government Supports Retaining Of Cultural Identities: DPM Lee (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/singapore/cna/article.html?s=singapore/headlines/001009/singapore/cna/Government_supports_retaining_of_cultural_identities__DPM_Lee.html>

In The Grip Of A Virus (Asiaweek)
<http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/2000/1013/as.health.html>
The result: a challenge for working parents and a time for employers to reveal just how pro-family they were — or were not.

Golf Still A Rich Man's Game Here (Project Eyeball)
<http://eyeball.asia1.com.sg/Eyeball/Story/1,1381,5322,00.html?>
As long as the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) has its way, golf looks set to be a sport for the creme de la creme.

== SingaporeSurf (Technology) ==============

$2b SingTel, StarHub Payout Justified (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/2/news/nsing01.html>
Against a barrage of criticism, Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said the $2 billion payout to Singapore Telecommunications and StarHub was "a small price to pay" to strengthen Singapore's economic competitiveness and ensure its share of new investments.

Singapore's Dotcom Flip-Flops (Asiaweek)
<http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/business/2000/10/06/>
Unlike Hong Kong, where there have been over 30-odd dotcom IPOs and several old-economy companies reborn as dotcom companies through injection of Internet assets (or reverse takeovers), Singapore caught the dotcom fever a bit too late. But in trying to play catch up, it may have spoiled the party for my friend and even for genuine dotcom entrepreneurs with technology and decent business models.

Singtel Plans 3G Asian Mobile Network (Reuters)
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001008/tc/telecoms_singtel_dc_1.html>
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Asia's eighth largest telephone company, plans to build a Pan-Asia third generation (3G) mobile network though joint ventures with regional telecom players.