[MyAppleMenu] Mar 16, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Enough With Themes Already (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/8147.html>
I have a proposal for what to do with most themes: get rid of 'em.

Sears, Apple Part Ways (Again) (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0103/15.sears.shtml>
The on-again, off-again relationship between Apple and Sears is off again. By the end of the year, Sears will (once again) no longer carry Apple products.

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

Apple Announces Final Cut Pro 2 With Vast Improved G4 Performance (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/03/14.8.shtml>

So, What Exactly Is PowerSchool, And Why Did Apple Buy Them? (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2001/03/15.1.shtml>
Offering complete solutions is the path that has been taking for the DV market, the CD-RW market, and the DVD authoring market. The education market is bigger than all those other markets combined.

GeForce 3: AltiVec II? (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/03/14/altivec.html>
Will innovative graphics card make its mark on the Mac?

Apple To Buy Education Company (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0103/14.education.shtml>
In what may be a plan to regain loss ground in the education market, Apple has announced plans to buy privately-held PowerSchool, a provider of Web-based student information systems for K-12 schools and school districts.

Sears, Apple Part Ways (Again) (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0103/15.sears.shtml>
The on-again, off-again relationship between Apple and Sears is off again. By the end of the year, Sears will (once again) no longer carry Apple products.

Sony Acquires Virtual Game Station From Connectix (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0103/15.vgs.shtml>
It appears that former legal adversaries Sony and Connectix Corp. are now joining forces. The companies today announced a "joint technology agreement" that puts an end to their long-running legal battles. This new announcement may also signal the end of Virtual Game Station, at least as we know it today.

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

Enough With Themes Already (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/8147.html>
I have a proposal for what to do with most themes: get rid of 'em.

Let Mac Users Join In By Trading Up (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/8150.html>
Apple has a problem. A good portion of its user base won’t be able to use OSX unless they buy a new machine -- and most of them won’t, at least not right away.

Apple Wins And Loses (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/harris2.html>
Yes, a good number of Mac owners who bought into Windows have defected, but a good number are also using the Windows computer to supplement their Mac, not replace it.

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

iDVD Diary, Dar 1: First Appearances (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.com/2001/03/14/idvd.html>
It's not so scary once you play with it.

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

Compaq To Cut 5,000 Jobs, Miss Estimates (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5150286.html?tag=mn_hd>
Compaq Computer on Thursday warned it will miss first-quarter earnings estimates and cut 5,000 jobs.

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

Compaq To Cut 5,000 Jobs, Miss Estimates (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5150286.html?tag=mn_hd>
Compaq Computer on Thursday warned it will miss first-quarter earnings estimates and cut 5,000 jobs.

Enough With Themes Already (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/8147.html>
I have a proposal for what to do with most themes: get rid of 'em.

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

Linux Standardization Efforts Moves Ahead (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5151949.html?tag=mn_hd>
The effort, through Linux Standard Base (LSB) and several other projects, is Linux's answer to avoiding some of the fragmentation that split Unix--the operating system upon which Linux is modeled--into several incompatible versions. That fragmentation is one of the reasons Microsoft was able to make such progress with its more unified Windows products.

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

Linux Standardization Efforts Moves Ahead (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5151949.html?tag=mn_hd>
The effort, through Linux Standard Base (LSB) and several other projects, is Linux's answer to avoiding some of the fragmentation that split Unix--the operating system upon which Linux is modeled--into several incompatible versions. That fragmentation is one of the reasons Microsoft was able to make such progress with its more unified Windows products.