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Always a Bridesmaid (12/19/99)
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Sigh... Another year, another snub from the meanies at Time Magazine. Poor Steve Jobs; here's a man who pulled off one of the greatest turnarounds in history in a classic story straight out of Hollywood (boy cofounds company, boy is ousted from company, boy returns to save company by building translucent computers), and he can't seem to catch a break in the "Person of the Year" awards. While he really should have been awarded the title last year for introducing the iMac, we figured he'd at least get it a year late, since 1999 hasn't exactly been a small year for him, either-- at Apple, he trotted out the G4s, the iBooks, and the new and improved iMacs, while his other company Pixar kicked box-office butt with the release of Toy Story 2. And yet he got passed over for that Jeff Bezos guy over at Amazon.com.
Yup, Bezos is 1999's Person of the Year. Nothing against Jeff or Amazon-- we like the site, we use it, we've found great deals, and our Christmas shopping was greatly simplified. But Steve's starting to look like the Susan Lucci of the Time award, so we can't help but feel a bit sorry for him. At least he made the cut of ten "People Who Mattered," wedged in between Jiang Zemin and Maddy Albright. (Strange bedfellows indeed...) And it's nice to see that they've updated the classic photo of Steve snuggling an iMac-- now it's an iMac DV Special Edition. Awwww...
Still, if Lucci could finally snag an Emmy, we figure there's always next year for Steve. Hopefully he'll start campaigning right away. Perhaps you can do your part to help the cause; right on the main POY page, Time's asking whether or not people agree with their choice. When last we checked, more people agreed than disagreed-- but not a lot. Perhaps we can shift that a bit and give Steve a little head start on next year's race...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 12/19/99 episode: December 19, 1999: Steve Jobs: always a bridesmaid, never a bride-- at least as far as Time is concerned. Meanwhile, AirPort's occasionally hellish setup continues to take a beating in the press, and Fox spreads a bit of holiday cheer to Mac users the world over...
Other scenes from that episode: 1982: Flight's Delayed (12/19/99) It's official: we're declaring AirPort to be Apple's "Most Maligned Product of 1999." For a while there it looked like the iBook was a solid lock, what with all the comparisons to toilet seats, make-up compacts, and Hello Kitty fashion accessories; it's amazing what a little masculine insecurity can kick up... 1983: Mac-Friendly Fox (12/19/99) So we were kicking back on the couch Sunday night, watching Fox with one eye and surfing on the iBook with the other. Our Christmas cards were all sent, most of our shopping was done, and, after a heinous all-night frenzy of giftwrap and packing tape (don't try this at home, kiddies-- we're trained professionals), almost all of the presents for out-of-state friends and family was firmly in the hands of the U.S...
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