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Steve's Vanishing Act (3/16/00)
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The key to showmanship: always leave 'em wanting more. But do you think Steve Jobs may be taking that motto a little too far? According to MacNN, Uncle Steve has decided to bail on Spring Internet World, where he was scheduled to kick off the festivities with one of his world-class Stevenotes. No one seems to know why, but this isn't the first time Steve's backed out on keynoting. Apple Expo, anyone?
In fact, we wouldn't be particularly surprised if the U.K. Mac community started taking up a lynching fund right about now. As some of you may recall, Steve was supposed to keynote at London's Apple Expo 2000; the show collapsed when Steve pulled out, Apple followed suit, and the exhibitors decided that an Apple Expo without Apple would be an exercise in futility. Now, do you happen to remember why Steve cancelled his Apple Expo keynote? That's right, it was because of a scheduling conflict-- he wanted to keynote at Spring Internet World instead. So now it looks like Steve decimated Apple Expo for the sake of speaking at a conference he may not be attending after all. Note to Steve: beware of Englishmen brandishing nooses.
With another high-profile cancellation on the books, Steve's morphing from Mr. Showmanship into Mr. No-Show-- assuming the withdrawal from Internet World is true. So far the Spring Internet World Events Page still refers to "Steve Job's opening keynote." Wait a sec, that must be the answer! Steve Jobs was never booked to speak at the show-- the conference people screwed up and booked some guy named "Steve Job" instead. Hmm, there are seven people named "Steve Job" listed on Switchboard. We wonder which one's the lucky honorarium recipient?
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/16/00 episode: March 16, 2000: Things are looking up-- Apple's recruited another wholesale distributor. Meanwhile, the U.S. Army braces for a promised Hack Attack on St. Patrick's Day; is the Mac up to the task? And Steve Jobs reportedly bails on Spring Internet World, which may mean that Apple Expo 2000 died in vain...
Other scenes from that episode: 2159: And Then There Were 3 (3/16/00) You want another yet another indication of Apple's return to health? Then chew on this: Apple's just increased its number of wholesale distributors by a full 50%. How do ya like them Apples? Okay, so technically the increase consists of a move from two distributors to three, but hey, percentages are a spin-doctor's best friend. According to Apple's press release, Tech Data is back in the Apple family, joining Ingram Micro and Pinacor to form a new Mighty Mac Triumvirate.... 2160: Hack All You Can Hack (3/16/00) This Army thing ain't over yet, people. Last year, following a hack of the www.army.mil site, the Army announced that it was dumping Windows NT and switching to Mac web servers running WebSTAR software for security reasons...
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