[MyAppleMenu] May 4, 2001

Fri May 4 21:05:04 EDT 2001

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

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

Apple Bakes The Other Box Makers (worldlyinvestor.com)
<http://www.worldlyinvestor.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=20620>
I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that the Street doesn't understand Apple Computer.

Computer-Mouse Inventor Still Obscure After 20 Years (Newhouse News Service)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134291406_mouse03.html>
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Invent the computer mouse and the world will all but forget your name.

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

Mac OS X For Web Developers (Webmonkey)
<http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/16/index3a.html>
When Apple released Mac OS X 10.0 to the world on March 24, 2001, it ushered in an operating system that marked the most significant break with Apple's past since the introduction of the first Macintosh in 1984. The biggest change, at least as far as Web developers are concerned, was to the Web serving side of things, which is a whole different ballgame under Mac OS X.

Macworld Awards 2001 Winners (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=2856>
While we await the promised "avalanche" of OS X-optimized products this summer, Macworld editors and readers have been considering the year's best products.

Content Management For Mac (Content Wire)
<http://www.content-wire.com/Home/Index.cfm?ccs=86&cs=270>
Not many CMS can sit comfortably on a Mac platform, Roxen does it naturally.

Media Players To Play Important Role In Microsoft, Apple OS Strategies (Yankee Group)
<http://www.yankeegroup.com/webfolder/yg21a.nsf/latestnews/Media+Players+to+Play+Important+Role+in+Microsoft,+Apple+OS+Strategies+>
Despite losing market share, Apple has decided to stay in the fight and keep the MacOS relevant in a multimedia world.

Computer-Mouse Inventor Still Obscure After 20 Years (Newhouse News Service)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134291406_mouse03.html>
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Invent the computer mouse and the world will all but forget your name.

Apple Releases Apple DVD Player 2.4 (MacCentral)
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0105/03.dvdplayer.shtml>
Apple has released a new version of Apple DVD Player. The new version, 2.4, is ready for download from Apple's Software Downloads Web site and may also be available for download using Mac OS 9's Software Update control panel.

Apple Low-Key At E3? (Inside Mac Games)
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=2738>

Just How Small Is The New iBook? (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/05/03.6.shtml>

iBook's First UK Showing (Macworld UK)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?NewsID=2847>
The first UK outing for Apple’s new iBook consumer and education Mac portable will be tonight at the Macworld Awards 2001.

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

The iBook Will Be An Even Bigger Hit Than The iMac (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/05/04.1.shtml>
In short, it will be a hit, squared. And you can quote me on that.

Unleash The Power Of The Dock (Applesurf)
<http://www.myapplemenu.com/applesurf/sidetrack/?20010504>
Now, it's time that the rest of developers (and that includes Apple's very own) to catch up and move forward.

ZDNet Spreading FUD About Apple? (O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/280>
Apple has given back exactly what was asked of them by the BSD community. Evan is asking them to give back more than they have taken.

Apple Bakes The Other Box Makers (worldlyinvestor.com)
<http://www.worldlyinvestor.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=20620>
I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that the Street doesn't understand Apple Computer.

Users Savvy On Mac Service (San Francisco Chronicle)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/03/BU229004.DTL&type=tech_article>
To get the real skinny on stores in your area, your best bet is word of mouth -- survey your Mac-using friends and colleagues about their experience, or check with your local Mac user group.

Rabid Anti-Apple Commentator Loves iBook, Pro-Apple Analyst Doesn't Get It (Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2001/05/03.1.shtml>

"Think Different" Soundbites Not Enough (MacOPINION)
<http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/01/05/03/index.html>
It's not that people don't know about Macs, but that they know just enough to be dangerous: they know Macs are incompatible with PCs. Macs are easier to use and might be better, but they also "know" that Macs are more expensive than PCs.

Tell Me About OS X - *NIX, UNIX Or Trademark Violation? (osOpinion)
<http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/9451.html>
Because the Open Group is aware of Apple's usage of the term and because no such legal action has been made known to the public or press, I believe the conclusions are obvious.

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

All The Questions (And Answers) You Could Ever Ask About The New iBook (PowerBook Zone)
<http://www.pbzone.com/ibookquestions.shtml>

My OS Xperiences (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/archive/010504.html>
Yes, OS X does need work. However, I am willing to overlook that for now so that I can use an incredibly advanced, stable operating system with a GUI that looks absolutely beautiful.

Serving Up The Home (Forbes.com)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/010503/0503tentech.html>
Though the price is high, Servio appears to be at the head of the pack in what is likely to become an increasingly necessary product segment as more of our lives revolve around digital information.

Titanium An Unalloyed Success (ABCNews.com)
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/SILICON_INSIGHTS_BAJARIN_010503.html>
Besides being the coolest portable on the market, it really is one of the best laptops available from any vendor and is a worthy competitor to all of the current Windows-based portables.

New iBook: Pros And Cons (PowerBookCentral.com)
<http://www.powerbookcentral.com/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid988862908,68903,>
The new iBook is cool, no doubt. But does it measure up? In a word, yes.

FireWire "Flames Out" On PowerBooks (Bare Feats)
<http://www.barefeats.com/fire18.html>
The sustained data transfer speed on the PowerBook and iBook is much lower than any desktop model of Macintosh including iMacs and older Power Macs.

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

AOL In Cahoots With Compaq, HP To Derail WinXp, .NET? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18746.html>
If genuine the document is an AOL internal strategy memo listing "response scenarios" to XP. Practically all of them are seriously hardball, and at their most extreme they'd add up to recruiting an OEM coalition to topple Microsoft from the desktop while destabilising the XP rollout.

MS: Don't Call Our Extended Source-Code Licenses 'Open' (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2715192,00.html>
Microsoft is planning to broaden its existing source-code licensing agreements further later this year, adding two new programs that seemingly take a page from the open-source playbook.

Sony Edges Out PC Competitors (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082315,00.html>
The notebook market is hurting, but Sony feels no pain.

MS To Tout 'Shared Source Philosophy', Compares GNU To Bubble Economy (The Regitster)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18716.html>
Microsoft's PR machine has been tipping off selected journalists about a 'relaxation' of its closed source policy today. But Linux's own PR rottweiler Eric Raymond appears to have gotten his retaliation in first.

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

Hackers Mar Three Microsoft Sites (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5823293.html?tag=owv>
Hackers defaced three Microsoft Web pages on Thursday, taking control of the sites briefly and replacing the company's greetings with their own messages.

AOL In Cahoots With Compaq, HP To Derail WinXp, .NET? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18746.html>
If genuine the document is an AOL internal strategy memo listing "response scenarios" to XP. Practically all of them are seriously hardball, and at their most extreme they'd add up to recruiting an OEM coalition to topple Microsoft from the desktop while destabilising the XP rollout.

Exploits For Several Million Microsoft Servers Posted (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18734.html>

Microsoft: Free-Software Licenses Are The Devil's Work! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/05/03/microsoft_gpl/index.html>
Bill Gates and Co. say open-source software harms technological innovation -- but the attack from Redmond could easily backfire.

MS: Don't Call Our Extended Source-Code Licenses 'Open' (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2715192,00.html>
Microsoft is planning to broaden its existing source-code licensing agreements further later this year, adding two new programs that seemingly take a page from the open-source playbook.

Hacker Exploits Microsoft Server Flaw (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082300,00.html>
A hacker announced that time's up for system administrators who haven't patched Windows 2000 Web servers vulnerable to a flaw revealed by Microsoft two days ago.

Cost-Cutting To Be "Ruthless," Dell Exec Says (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-5808921.html?tag=owv>
A top Dell Computer executive said Thursday that the company will be "ruthless" about cutting costs, but declined to comment on speculation about more layoffs.

Compaq Vows No Retreat In Price War (Reuters)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5812569.html?tag=owv>
Compaq Computer Chairman Michael Capellas said Thursday his company will continue to compete with Dell Computer and other rivals by slashing prices on key computer lines in a battle for market share.

Microsoft Raps Open-Source Approach (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5813446.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft on Thursday stepped up its long-running battle against the open-source software movement as one of its chief strategists compared the movement to business practices that helped sink hundreds of dot-coms.

HP, Compaq Follow Dell With Price Cuts (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5815299.html?tag=owv>
Dell Computer is known for ruthlessly driving down PC prices, but competitors are working hard this week to catch up with the worldwide market leader.

Sony Edges Out PC Competitors (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082315,00.html>
The notebook market is hurting, but Sony feels no pain.

Leaked Nvidia Drivers Boost Pentium 4 Performance (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18720.html>

MS To Tout 'Shared Source Philosophy', Compares GNU To Bubble Economy (The Regitster)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18716.html>
Microsoft's PR machine has been tipping off selected journalists about a 'relaxation' of its closed source policy today. But Linux's own PR rottweiler Eric Raymond appears to have gotten his retaliation in first.

MS Backs Down On Win2002 Server AD Limits (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18726.html>
The feedback Microsoft got from both testers and customers (who were sneaked to by people like us) is thought to have been heavily negative. This has resulted in the removal of the proposed limit of two Active Directory servers per network for Windows 2002 Server.

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

Mac OS X For Web Developers (Webmonkey)
<http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/16/index3a.html>
When Apple released Mac OS X 10.0 to the world on March 24, 2001, it ushered in an operating system that marked the most significant break with Apple's past since the introduction of the first Macintosh in 1984. The biggest change, at least as far as Web developers are concerned, was to the Web serving side of things, which is a whole different ballgame under Mac OS X.

Flaw Found In Common Internet Standard (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5815298.html?tag=owv>
The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) warned companies this week of security problems caused by a fundamental flaw in the way PCs and servers talk to each other across the Internet.

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

Mac OS X For Web Developers (Webmonkey)
<http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/16/index3a.html>
When Apple released Mac OS X 10.0 to the world on March 24, 2001, it ushered in an operating system that marked the most significant break with Apple's past since the introduction of the first Macintosh in 1984. The biggest change, at least as far as Web developers are concerned, was to the Web serving side of things, which is a whole different ballgame under Mac OS X.

Hackers Mar Three Microsoft Sites (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5823293.html?tag=owv>
Hackers defaced three Microsoft Web pages on Thursday, taking control of the sites briefly and replacing the company's greetings with their own messages.

Hacker Exploits Microsoft Server Flaw (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082300,00.html>
A hacker announced that time's up for system administrators who haven't patched Windows 2000 Web servers vulnerable to a flaw revealed by Microsoft two days ago.

Flaw Found In Common Internet Standard (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5815298.html?tag=owv>
The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) warned companies this week of security problems caused by a fundamental flaw in the way PCs and servers talk to each other across the Internet.

Content Management For Mac (Content Wire)
<http://www.content-wire.com/Home/Index.cfm?ccs=86&cs=270>
Not many CMS can sit comfortably on a Mac platform, Roxen does it naturally.

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

Microsoft: Free-Software Licenses Are The Devil's Work! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/05/03/microsoft_gpl/index.html>
Bill Gates and Co. say open-source software harms technological innovation -- but the attack from Redmond could easily backfire.

Second Linux Merger Canceled This Week (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5814122.html?tag=owv>
Linux NetworX and Ebiz Enterprises have called off their merger, the second time this week Linux companies have backed off from plans to join forces.

MS To Tout 'Shared Source Philosophy', Compares GNU To Bubble Economy (The Regitster)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18716.html>
Microsoft's PR machine has been tipping off selected journalists about a 'relaxation' of its closed source policy today. But Linux's own PR rottweiler Eric Raymond appears to have gotten his retaliation in first.

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

Microsoft: Free-Software Licenses Are The Devil's Work! (Salon)
<http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/05/03/microsoft_gpl/index.html>
Bill Gates and Co. say open-source software harms technological innovation -- but the attack from Redmond could easily backfire.

MS: Don't Call Our Extended Source-Code Licenses 'Open' (eWEEK)
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2715192,00.html>
Microsoft is planning to broaden its existing source-code licensing agreements further later this year, adding two new programs that seemingly take a page from the open-source playbook.

Microsoft Raps Open-Source Approach (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5813446.html?tag=owv>
Microsoft on Thursday stepped up its long-running battle against the open-source software movement as one of its chief strategists compared the movement to business practices that helped sink hundreds of dot-coms.

Second Linux Merger Canceled This Week (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5814122.html?tag=owv>
Linux NetworX and Ebiz Enterprises have called off their merger, the second time this week Linux companies have backed off from plans to join forces.

MS To Tout 'Shared Source Philosophy', Compares GNU To Bubble Economy (The Regitster)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18716.html>
Microsoft's PR machine has been tipping off selected journalists about a 'relaxation' of its closed source policy today. But Linux's own PR rottweiler Eric Raymond appears to have gotten his retaliation in first.

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

Singapore Media Groups Fight For Chinese TV Market (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010504/3/ofra.html>
"That MediaCorp is making such a move now shows it has been aware of its shortcomings for some time, but needed the threat of looming competition from MediaWorks to take any action."

Drawing The Battle Lines For General Election (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,41372,00.html?>
To cope with the explosive growth of new towns in the north-east and west, the electoral map defining ward boundaries may need to be redrawn.

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

Fundraiser For Singapore Opposition Leader Falls Short (AFP)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010504/1/ofzn.html>
The first approved political demonstration in Singapore outside of a general election, drew more than 1,000 people but raised just over 19,000 Singapore dollars.

Nature Society Welcomes Plan To Preserve Pulau Ubin (Channel NewsAsia)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010503/5/ocqh.html>
The Singapore Nature Society said it welcomed URA's recent Draft Concept Plan proposal to keep existing nature areas like Pulau Ubin for as long as possible.

Shorten MRT Trains, Increase Frequencies (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,6542,00.html?>
The trick to being and remaining world-class is to stay ahead of commuter expectations.

Visa Sandwich Promotion: What A Letdown (Business Times Singapore)
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/views/story/0,2276,6541,00.html?>
I never realised sandwiches and coffees were serially numbered.

Drawing The Battle Lines For General Election (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,41372,00.html?>
To cope with the explosive growth of new towns in the north-east and west, the electoral map defining ward boundaries may need to be redrawn.

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

Singapore Media Groups Fight For Chinese TV Market (Reuters)
<http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010504/3/ofra.html>
"That MediaCorp is making such a move now shows it has been aware of its shortcomings for some time, but needed the threat of looming competition from MediaWorks to take any action."