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Greatly Exaggerated (9/9/98)
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Despite the fact that Claris is dead (at least from a non-FileMaker perspective), Claris Em@iler lives on-- or so Apple would have us believe. Recently, the airwaves have been abuzz with news of the application's untimely demise, confirmed by the remarks of an Apple executive who stated that Apple had "officially" killed off the product. But the real official party line comes from spokesman Russell Brady, who denies that Em@iler's been "Steved." MacWEEK has the whole story.
Of course, this could just be Apple's typical spin control that surfaces whenever rumors start circulating. Brady wouldn't clarify just what Apple's plans are for the versatile email application; he would only state that the remarks made by the Apple exec who said that Em@iler was dead "did not reflect the company's official position." What that really means is anyone's guess-- for instance, there were rumors circulating a couple of months ago that Apple was working to integrate Em@iler's functionality into future versions of the Mac OS as a core service available from within any application. Now that would be cool.
As fervent Em@iler enthusiasts ourselves, we at AtAT hope that Apple's being sincere about its denial. Otherwise, once Em@iler stops working with the current version of the Mac OS, the only way we'll be able to retrieve email from our legacy AOL accounts is by (shudder) using AOL. And we're not the only ones who would mourn the passing of one of the world's best email programs; MacSoldiers is sponsoring a petition for those of you who are interested in seeing Em@iler continue, either as an official Apple product or branded by an outside vendor. Fight the power.
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Other scenes from that episode: 999: We Have a Winner (9/9/98) Not that it's any particular surprise, but it looks like the iMac may have been the top-selling retail computer for the entire month of August. PC Data, a market research firm that tracks such things, hasn't totaled up the final numbers yet, but so far, the iMac appears to have run away with the prize... 1001: The Eternal Constants (9/9/98) Three things in this life are inevitable: death, taxes, and Microsoft trying to get its antitrust case dismissed. As the trial date draws ever nearer, Microsoft has stepped up its attempts to convince Judge Jackson to throw the case out of court...
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