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Rumors of False Rumors (12/11/97)
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Help us, please, somebody help us-- our collective heads are spinning like a top! Well, okay, not really. But it's interesting to hear from MacOS Rumors that Niehaus Ryan, Apple's PR firm, contacted them with the express purpose to put to rest the rumors that Apple would be announcing new NC's and a strategic alliance with Oracle at next month's MacWorld Expo. According to NH (via Rumors), Apple will blithely ignore the NC issue at that event, refusing to acknowledge that such a project even exists within its walls.

So let's see... it's widely assumed that an Oracle announcement was first scheduled for the November 10th announcement, and then pulled at the last minute. Then the announcement was expected at the upcoming January Expo, and now that's apparently off, too. The NC's were originally projected to appear in March, but we've now got to assume that we'll be waiting significantly longer to see these puppies.

That being said, is it portentous or merely noteworthy that NH tried to kill the rumors just one day after Oracle's stock dropped some 30%, following reports of lower-than-expected earnings? How about that timing, hmmm? Could the events be related? Nawwwww...

 
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December 11, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 259: Browsers on the Way (12/11/97)   In our episode yesterday, we wondered aloud if anyone could free us suffering Mac surfers from the repressive shackles of a two-party system. With Microsoft's Borg-like bent for dominion on one side and Netscape's indifference (and occasional hostility) to all things Macintosh on the other, we find ourselves trapped in a "lesser of two evils" scenario unmatched since the last U.S...

  • 260: Yay! We think. (12/11/97)   Aaaaaaand speaking of browsers, Judge Jackson has given his ruling in the Department of Justice vs. Microsoft case. Unfortunately, we're not entirely sure how to interpret the results. The first announcement we saw was the news.com article entitled "Judge Issues Order Against MS."...

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