[MyAppleMenu] Sep 7, 2002

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MyAppleMenu Newsletter
Saturday, Sep 7, 2002

MyAppleMenu : News
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Apple Makes A Pitch To Switch (Liane Cassavoy, PCWorld.com)
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,104769,00.asp>
Apple is trying to lure Windows users with its latest ad campaign--but is it convincing users to move to a Mac?

MyAppleMenu : Opinions
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Attention OS 8, 9'ers: You Can Catch Up To Jaguar (Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/practicalmac/134530813_ptmacc07.html>
It's never easy to upgrade, but the OS 9 to X path is one of the simplest to achieve: learning the new interface and the new way of the world has some pain attached, but the gains are well worth the reward in efficiency and calm.

Interview: Pepper Author Maarten Hekkelman (John Gruber, Daring Fireball)
<http://daringfireball.net/2002/08/pepper_author_maarten_hekkelman.html>
"What counts for me are the details, and they are all wrong. I found so many UI errors in OS X, I couldn't believe it."

MyAppleMenu : Reviews
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Write Twice, Run Anywhere (Daniel H. Steinberg, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/06/osx_java.html>
Apple takes care of porting the look and feel of your favorite Java widgets and provides you with runtime properties to customize and fine-tune the appearance and placement. But what about the small things?

MyAppleMenu : Wintel News
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Microsoft Puts Spotlight On 64-Bit Windows (Matt Berger, InfoWorld)
<http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/06/020906hnms64bit.xml>
At the Windows .Net Server DevCon conference here this week, Microsoft devoted much of its time to a new 64-bit Windows release and accompanying applications, which are due to reach customers early next year.

More Wintel News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/wintel/>

MyAppleMenu Tomorrow : News & Opinions
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There's More To Dell's Cluster Success Than Meets The Eye (David Berlind, ZDNet)
<http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2879215,00.html>
When a company maker better known for its business model than its R&D scores a major victory in the clustering arena, that's big news- but not for the reasons you might think.

The Race Is On (Ted Neward, O'Reilly Network)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1957>
Frankly, I'm excited for both platforms. This is why competition is good.

MyAppleMenu Reader : World
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The Troubling New Face Of America (Jimmy Carter, Washington Post)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38441-2002Sep4.html>
Formerly admired almost universally as the preeminent champion of human rights, our country has become the foremost target of respected international organizations concerned about these basic principles of democratic life.

MyAppleMenu Reader : Life
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Placement, People! (Henry Jenkins, Technology Review)
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_jenkins090602.asp>
Television's 30-second spot is lurching toward extinction. For the show to go on, the ads will go in.

Poetry And Sept. 11: A Guided Anthology (Robert Pinsky, Slate)
<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2070444&device=>
The interest in poetry in the wake of the calamitous attacks of last fall surprised some observers. But the art of poetry makes the breath of any one reader its medium: a commanding appeal, heightened at a time when many of us felt overdosed or overwhelmed by mass media.

Double Exposure (James Campbell, The Guardian)
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/poetry/story/0,6000,786756,00.html>
An old Etonian from a theatrical dynasty, Hugo Williams eschewed the family business and became a poet. His verse reflects his passion for pop music, his obsession with the past and the vicissitudes of his unconventional marriage.

MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf : News & Opinions
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Singapore Happy With Mahathir's Comments On Water Price Review (Bhagman Singh, Channel NewsAsia)
<http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/18320/1/.htmlhttp://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/18320/1/.html>
Singapore has said it is glad Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said he does not have much objection to linking the issue of the water price review within the package, and that it did not matter if it was linked or not.

PM: Separating Water Issue Can Be Helpful (The Star)
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/9/7/nation/singwat&sec=nation>
Separating the water issue from other matters will help find a solution to some of the outstanding problems with Singapore, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.

PSA, Evergreen Sign Port Agreement (AFP)
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/09/07/story/0000167194>
Taiwan's shipping giant has inked a terminal service agreement with the Singaporean port operator.

More Singapore News at <http://www.myapplemenu.com/singapore/>

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