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YA-Conspiracy (11/23/97)
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ZDNet's getting in on the conspiracy/speculation game. Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings opine that an Apple/Oracle merger (now heavily denied by both companies) would make a lot of sense in the grand scheme of things. Oracle's Larry Ellison gets to screw Bill Gates by expanding its database software onto Rhapsody, while gaining Apple's hardware manufacturing outfit to build its network computers. Steve Jobs gets to screw Bill Gates by expanding its software onto a wider range of machines, including those in the business and enterprise arenas it's had a tough time cracking.

Of course, key to their scenario is the assumption that Microsoft will support Rhapsody by releasing Rhapsody versions of Office for the next few years, as per the August Apple/Microsoft deal. But we don't recall Rhapsody support ever being a part of that agreement-- as we sat listening to Steve enumerate the points of the bargain, we said "What about Rhapsody?" He only said that Microsoft would release Office for the Mac OS for three more years. And that worried us.

The ZDNet conspiracy does have even scarier points. It suspects that Apple is abandoning the PowerPC in favor of the Intel architecture. In such a scenario, the only processor left is Intel's, since they bought out the Alpha from Digital. That leaves zero competition in the processor arena, not counting AMD, Cyrix, etc. who are only building x86-compatible chips, as far as we know.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 11/23/97 episode:

November 23, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 206: Losing Proposition (11/23/97)   And while we're talking about rampant speculation, let's spend a moment on the Apple Recon article which discusses the possibility of a Mac port of Windows 98. Yes, they warn again and again that it's just an unconfirmed rumor, but it's an interesting idea...

  • 207: Santa Fragged a Fiend (11/23/97)   Hey, there are only thirty more shopping days before Christmas, but there's no need to panic: the Macintosh Entertainment Software Alliance (MESA) has teamed up with Apple to make it a little easier to decide what to get for the Mac-enabled folks on your list...

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