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Loose Lips And All That (6/7/99)
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Longtime viewers know that the AtAT staff has very select television viewing standards; things are just too hectic these days to sit down and watch any old show to kill some time. So while we have nothing against PBS' Charlie Rose, it's just not something we're likely to watch when there's a Buffy rerun on that we've only seen twice-- sure, we've got that particular rerun on tape, but it's Spike, people! Priorities, you know? So we missed Larry Ellison's appearance on Charlie Rose, during which he no doubt did his impression of a Silicon Valley stool pigeon threatened with torture by withdrawal of stock options; the man is notorious for talking about stuff he probably shouldn't, but hey, who are we to question his natural enthusiasm?
Now, since Larry is a member of Apple's board of directors and Steve Jobs' best friend, it's safe to say that he's privy to a lot of details about Apple's future projects than any of us are. And that's where his irrepressible gift for gab comes in handy. Take, for example, faithful viewer Bob Sassone's report of the show:
Larry Ellison strikes again! He was on "Charlie Rose" last night, and when the subject of an OS and applications and the Internet came up, Ellison said that the OS is becoming irrelevant. It doesn't matter what underlying OS you use for the 'Net; it's the browser and a cheap device you can use. Then the big news: he said that Apple was coming out with a new computer this summer that is making him switch from being a PC user to going back to being a Mac user exclusively! It will change the way we think about computers. Ellison then stopped himself and said "I really shouldn't be talking about this..."
Sounds like the net-bootable consumer portable to us-- or maybe it's another project, kept under even tighter wraps, like a new Apple-branded Mac OS-based handheld? Who knows? Apparently Larry does, but he isn't telling-- much. But it's good news to hear that the CEO of Oracle will soon be a Mac user again.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 6/7/99 episode: June 7, 1999: The "P1" consumer portable starts to take shape-- but is that shape just a little thick about the middle? Meanwhile, Larry Ellison's flapping his gums again, about an Apple computer due this summer that is converting him back into a full-time Mac user, and "Redmond Justice" stays the course with more embarrassing Microsoft email and a laughing Judge Jackson...
Other scenes from that episode: 1586: The Softer Side of P1 (6/7/99) You know the usual drill: the details of future Apple hardware start out sketchy when they first surface months or years before the product is officially unveiled. Then, over time, various conflicting reports start to flicker and fade, other new data joins the mix, and as the release date approaches, the whole confusing mess slowly coalesces into a fairly accurate picture of the product as we'll finally get to see it on store shelves... 1588: If It Ain't Broke... (6/7/99) See, the thing about "Redmond Justice" is this: when the writers hit upon a winning strategy, they know a good thing when they see it. In the past the show has entertained the drooling masses by casting the Microsoft legal team as the bumbling buffoons, whose mistakes and feeble attempts at chicanery were exposed by the sharp eye and sharper tongue of government legal eagle David Boies-- much to the visible amusement of Judge Jackson, who, in an arguably unprofessional manner, has been known to laugh at Microsoft in court...
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