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"Just" A Coincidence (5/9/00)
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We're experiencing the most extraordinary sense of déjà vu. We just read a fascinating article over at Go2Mac about Larry Ellison's new Network Computer project, and certain facets of the story seem somehow... familiar. Titled "Larry, Bill, & Steve," the piece discusses how Ellison's upcoming $199 NC may not just be targeting Microsoft's user base: "This time we're not
sure who he's gunning for, Bill or Steve... hurt your dear friend Bill Gates' Windows monopoly, plus steal sales and momentum from the iMac and the company [on] whose board you sit." That's an insightful analysis, don't you agree?
Hopefully you do, because it's strikingly similar to the episode we broadcast on Monday, in which we referred to the "Bill-Steve-Larry triangle." In that scene, in reference to the consumer NC Larry's prepping for release, we asked, "Now whose bread-and-butter market does it look like Larry's trying to swipe? Suddenly we have a much better idea of why Steve put Larry on the Apple board." And compare our opening words ("Keep your friends close and your enemies closer-- nowhere is that maxim more important than in the high-tech industry") with Go2Mac's closing ones ("Hopefully Steve has learned to keep his friends close and his enemies closer"). Are you beginning to see the subtlest of similarities?
Now, despite the fact that Go2Mac's piece was posted nearly twenty hours after our own scene first hit the airwaves, we're certainly not suggesting that Go2Mac swiped our material without so much as a by-your-leave. Rather, we're probably getting far too conventional in our plotlines-- either that, or this is just a case of great minds thinking alike. But a note to anyone who might be considering rebroadcasting our show without the express written consent of Major League Baseball: the phrase is "Think different." Now if you'll excuse us, we have to go double-check our antibugging devices.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 5/9/00 episode: May 9, 2000: Aqua gets a Mac-style touch-up; is Apple actually listening? Meanwhile, the dearth of WWDC rumors might be the result of an Apple Macs-for-silence bribe scheme, and Go2Mac posts an article that seems strangely familiar...
Other scenes from that episode: 2281: Refining The "Refined" (5/9/00) Remember the firestorm of controversy that swept through the Mac community after Uncle Steve gave the first public demonstration of Mac OS X last January? The flame wars were raging so hot, you could scarcely launch a web browser without singeing your fingers... 2282: The Free Gear Gag Order (5/9/00) Been wondering why Rumorville's been so darned quiet lately? We sure have. Usually the week before a major Apple event (such as next week's Worldwide Developers Conference) has the citizens busy as bees on coke, dishing all the dirt they can find and revealing top secret insider info in a rush to be the first with the scoop before Apple springs its surprises at the show...
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