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Ask the Oracle... (12/9/97)
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Despite troublesome side-effects of his pain medication, Mac OS Rumors' Ryan Meader refuses to disappoint. Rumors of an Apple/Oracle alliance are still struggling tiredly down the pike. At this point, we've heard this too often not to consider it true. Apple's NC will use the Mac OS as its interface, while it'll be connected to a Rhapsody server running Oracle's proven NC server software. This one-two punch was originally intended to take the educational market by storm, though one hopes that Apple will push them seriously in the corporate arena as well.

The alliance's unveiling, originally intended for the November 10th Steve Jobs ÜberAnnouncement, was postponed at the last minute for unknown reasons. However, the latest rumors are that the wraps will be taken off the plans at the MacWorld Expo, less than a month away. Between that and a possible new CEO, Steve's keynote is shaping up to be even more entertaining than his last media circus.

We sympathize with Ryan's recovery from wisdom tooth extraction (the experience sucked for us, too), and hope he feels better soon, and gets to watch some daytime TV in the meantime.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 12/9/97 episode:

December 9, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 253: Ouch! Yet More Red Ink (12/9/97)   Think of it this way-- at least red's a festive holiday color. Yup, Apple's 10-K filing with the SEC last Friday predicted poor sales and revenue through at least March, implying that the red river of loss will rage on through Q2 of 1998...

  • 255: More Macs in Microsoft (12/9/97)   Being collectors of Mac sightings in "unlikely scenarios," we're beholden to faithful viewer Matt Garland, who noticed that Microsoft's recent web page touting their new BackOffice Server 4.0, included a very distinct Mac mouse in the accompanying graphic...

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