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Sharing The Beleaguerment (1/6/00)
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It's no news that Apple isn't "beleaguered" anymore, right? Apple suffered under the weight of that tag for years-- it was their own personal media albatross during the Scary Times. Things are much better now, of course, what with all the black ink, the rising sales, the kick-ass products, etc. As far as we know, Apple hasn't been referred to as "beleaguered" in years, thus freeing the term for application to less fortunate companies. "Beleaguered Compaq" is one of our personal faves right now.
But what's this? Thanks to faithful viewer Jim, we've been treated to a rare sight indeed: A Microsoft operating system actually being described as "beleaguered" in an honest-to-goodness CNET article. Okay, sure, the OS in question is Windows CE, which is indeed beleaguered by almost any sane individual's standards, but it's still remarkable to see such a thing happen in the "mainstream" press. It seems that Bill Gates was at a Consumer Electronics Show, introducing a new version of CE called "Pocket PC." (Microsoft no doubt is hoping to get away from the obvious and apt contraction, "WinCE.") Whether Pocket PC will be able to make a dent in Palm's handheld market share remains to be seen.
As for the rest of Bill's announcements, well, let's see-- there's a new electronic book that'll run Pocket PC using ClearType technology. You remember ClearType, right? The Microsoft font "innovation" that was actually used on the Apple ][? There's also the "Millennium" edition of Windows 98 that will include "Microsoft Movie Maker" for home video editing. Sound familiar? It must have to at least one member of the audience; when a speaker in Bill's video presentation said, "People need a company they can count on," somebody shouted, "Like Apple!" Sounds like Bill's minions still haven't been able to duplicate Steve's RDF in the lab...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 1/6/00 episode: January 6, 2000: Don't blame us-- blame Apple's video stream. But we're happy to confirm that Mac OS X's new Finder will indeed support multiple windows, contrary to yesterday's rant. Meanwhile, rumors about Pismo's Expo no-show start to heat up (literally!), and Microsoft adopts a bit of Apple's former media sobriquet...
Other scenes from that episode: 2020: Mea Culpa Kinda Sorta (1/6/00) Originally we were just going to broadcast an addendum, but we're thinking this deserves the attention of a full-fledged scene... In yesterday's episode we voiced our concerns about Mac OS X's new Finder, which, we believed, eliminated the flexibility of today's Finder by restricting the user interface to a single window... 2021: Liquid PowerBook, Anyone? (1/6/00) If you watched the keynote, you know that the big news was Mac OS X and Apple's new Internet strategy. But if you watched the keynote and thrive on Apple rumors, you know that the really big news was Pismo's no-show...
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