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Katie Cotton, Say Nay (11/16/97)
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A recent Techweb article on the rumored deal between Apple and Oracle-- said to have fallen through at the last minute, thus explaining the extremely short media circus on the 10th, which left many asking, "Is that all?"-- quotes Apple corporate PR manager Katie Cotton as saying that "[Apple] made the announcements we intended to make. We're not going to comment on the rumors floating out there. It's getting old."
This is not news, but we just wanted to take this opportunity to bestow a new title upon Katie Cotton. In virtually every article in which she's quoted, Katie appears briefly to deny all rumors and then recedes into the night. For instance, when the web was ablaze with rumors that Steve Jobs would drop "interim" from his title, she denied it. And then weeks later, when we all heard that Steve wasn't taking the permanent CEO spot, she denied that, too, saying that "nothing had changed."
And so, we at AtAT are proud to announce that from now on, Katie Cotton will be known as Apple's "official naysayer." When you think about it, that's a very important job-- and she does it very well.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 11/16/97 episode: November 16, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)
Other scenes from that episode: 184: Carnage at Moscone (11/16/97) My oh my, the fur may fly, if what Mac the Knife's saying is true. It appears that an unspecified "leading manufacturer of Wintel systems" is planning to have a booth at January's MacWorld Expo in San Francisco... 186: Taking on Ralph (11/16/97) Ralph Nader's anti-Microsoft Cavalcade of Stars wrapped up last Friday, and only time will tell if it made a whit of difference. In the meantime, you can read Microsoft's letter to Ralph in response to his conference...
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