[MyAppleMenu] Dec 7, 2001

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=== news ====================================

Microsoft Struggles With Office v. X Product Keys (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11161>

Will Apple Win Big On Microsoft Case? (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=49793>
The nine US states who have so far rejected all moves for a settlement could ask for concessions which would benefit the Apple and Linux communities.

Apple Opens Two More Retail Stores (Retail Merchandiser)
<http://www.retail-merchandiser.com/retailmerchandiser/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1153092>

Apple Signs Quanta To Build Next-Generation iMac (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/23248.html>
The contract appears to confirm the claim made earlier this week by Morgan Stanley analysts.

=== opinions ====================================

Apple's Ahead-Of-Time Innovation (Dan Knight, Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/01/1207.html>
Innovation isn't about being just-in-time; it's about creating your own opportunities.

=== internet top news ====================================

AOL: Old Media Eats New Media (Jim Hu, CNET News.com)
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100515,00.html>
AOL Time Warner's choice of new chief excutive shows how quickly the dot-com revolution has been consumed by the establishment.

=== internet news ====================================

E-Mail Problems Dog @Home Customers (Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-8095871.html?tag=owv>

=== wintel news ====================================

Microsoft Struggles With Office v. X Product Keys (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=11161>

Packard Family To Weigh Compaq Merger (Reuters)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2830910,00.html>
HP's largest shareholder, the Packard family foundation, meets Friday to consider whether to support a controversial plan to buy Compaq -- a decision that could make or break the merger.

Will Apple Win Big On Microsoft Case? (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=49793>
The nine US states who have so far rejected all moves for a settlement could ask for concessions which would benefit the Apple and Linux communities.

NPD: Xbox Is Hot (Retail Merchandiser)
<http://www.retail-merchandiser.com/retailmerchandiser/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1161027>
The Xbox video game system from Microsoft Corp. had the best-selling video game console launch on record after two weeks of sales.

Linux To Take 10% Of PDA Biz By 2003 (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23251.html>
Rising star of the PDA world will be Linux, which will have craved out ten per cent of the market from zero today.

=== linux news ====================================

Will Apple Win Big On Microsoft Case? (Silicon.com)
<http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=49793>
The nine US states who have so far rejected all moves for a settlement could ask for concessions which would benefit the Apple and Linux communities.

Making Linux Look Harder Than It Is (Robin Miller, Newsforge.com)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23245.html>
Many "gurus" teaching new users about Linux make it look harder than it needs to be.

Linux To Take 10% Of PDA Biz By 2003 (Tony Smith, The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23251.html>
Rising star of the PDA world will be Linux, which will have craved out ten per cent of the market from zero today.

=== reader : life ====================================

In Sydney, The Next Wave Of Culinary Delight (R. W. Apple Jr., New York Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/dining/05AUST.html>
Demonstrating conclusively that Sydney's ascent during the last decade into the top ranks of the world's restaurant cities, right up there with Paris, New York and London, was no passing phase, exciting new places are opening and somehow flourishing, or at least surviving, and established stars are rehoning their skills.

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