Preparing For November (3/28/00)
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While Microsoft's involvement with the government is primarily litigious in nature, it looks like Apple's playing the politics angle instead. For those of you who regularly visit iReview (and that may not be many of you, given how infrequently new iReviews are added), you may have noticed a couple of new sites on the list. Most notably, the George W. Bush for President site has fallen under Apple's critical eye, resulting in a "Featured Review". What's particularly interesting about that fact is that Apple's reviewers only gave Bush's site two stars out of five-- and that rating is displayed prominently on the iReview main page. Bush's site dissed by Apple, in such a highly-visible fashion? Could this be Apple's way of cozying up to the Gore campaign?

You might think so, unless you dig past the "Featured Reviews" and check the "News" section. There you'll find that, in the interests of fairness, Apple's also posted an iReview of the Gore 2000 site. Now, while it's true that Gore's home on the web fares marginally better-- three stars-- and its lukewarm rating isn't featured right on the iReview home page as is the panning of Bush's site, three stars isn't exactly a rave review either. Certainly one would expect the inventor of the Internet to have a snazzier web site when running for President, right? So as far as we're concerned, Apple's dissed the web sites of both candidates.

Now, one interpretation of Apple's motives is that these low ratings are honest reviews of the candidates' web sites, and don't reflect on the merits of the candidates themselves at all. Another more interesting interpretation is that Apple has an ulterior motive for panning both candidates. Just you wait; now that the seeds of doubt have been planted in the unsuspecting minds of iReview visitors, it's only a matter of time before Steve Jobs himself throws his hat into the ring. And guess what'll happen then? That's right; "Jobs4prez.com" (or whatever his web site turns out to be) will be iReview's featured five-star site of the year, thus guaranteeing victory in the fall. The best plans are the simplest ones, aren't they?

 
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The above scene was taken from the 3/28/00 episode:

March 28, 2000: "Redmond Justice" fans get robbed; Judge Jackson grants Microsoft a stay of execution. Meanwhile, Apple's iReview site disses the web sites of both Presidential candidates, setting the stage for Steve Jobs to run, and an old Mac rumors site that shut itself down following a major scandal may be trying to re-enter the Mac webiverse...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 2185: "Fished In! Fished In!" (3/28/00)   So it was supposed to be the Big Day™ for "Redmond Justice"-- sort of an antitrust Super Tuesday. Barring sufficient headway between the government and Microsoft towards reaching a settlement in the case, Judge Jackson had decreed that he'd issue his long-awaited verdict (otherwise known amongst the antitrust fan base as the "Microsoft Smackdown")...

  • 2187: Back From The Grave (3/28/00)   The really fun thing about soap operas is the fluidity of the cast. Characters can leave the show one day and suddenly resurface three years later. Remember when Dylan came back to 90210? Heck, characters can even die in particularly horrible and mutilating ways and then just walk back onto the set one day as if nothing ever happened, with no explanation...

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