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Requiem for Rhapsody? (2/7/98)
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Can it be? After Copland got deep-sixed and Apple finally bought out NeXT, we all thought the future of the Mac OS was going to be based on the NEXTSTEP operating system. After all, Apple had paid $400 million of NeXT's technologies, and stated in a press release that "the integration of NEXTSTEP technology in future versions of Mac OS will result in a robust, next generation OS that provides customers and developers with a multimedia-rich and Internet-savvy platform." But recently, Apple's made it very clear that Rhapsody, the OS that is based on NEXT technologies, will not be a replacement for the Mac OS; instead it'll be a "server" OS; and much has been made of the way Apple's been talking up the Mac OS in the past months, implying that we'll be using it for years and years to come. Some of us find that "repositioning" of Rhapsody a mite worrisome, but not nearly as worrisome as the rumors flying around that Rhapsody is being canned outright.
That's right; sites like Apple Recon have hinted that Rhapsody is on the chopping block. The rumors are no doubt fueled by Apple's lack of public support for the OS, which didn't even receive a mention in the last two U.S. MacWorld Expo keynotes. Mac OS Rumors, however, reports that as far as they can tell, there's no basis to those rumors whatsoever.
But if, just if, the rumors of Rhapsody's demise turn out to be true, what did Apple get for its $400 mil? Answer: Steve Jobs. So was it worth it?
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 2/7/98 episode: February 7, 1998: Rumors of a Rhapsody mob-hit have concerned parties searching frantically for the next-generation OS. Meanwhile, Intel's none too pleased about how their Pentium II is slipping in the speed races, no matter how many dancing bunnymen they stick in front of it, and AppleScript may get its second wind at the next Seybold...
Other scenes from that episode: 430: Think Fast. Real Fast. (2/7/98) The "Pentium II Snail" commercial seems to have kicked up a bit of a ruckus out here in Macland, as Apple watchers worldwide still recover from the shock of having seen "hard advertising" emerge from Cupertino... 431: AppleScript Comes Alive (2/7/98) Hands up, who here uses AppleScript? Well, if you don't, you're missing out on one heck of a timesaver. And those of you that do, you might be interested in this Apple article on AppleScript's product manager, Sal Soghoian...
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