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Trust No One (2/8/98)
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As the AtAT staff is sadly too exhausted to bring you a decent conspiracy theory right now (our paranoia muscles are overworked), we are grateful in the extreme for My Mac Magazine, whose "Mac Factor" column this month draws back the veil of obfuscation and reveals all. If you read it, don't forget to do a low-level reformat of the hard disk containing your browser cache when you're through...
In his dizzying exposé, Mick O'Neil describes a terrifying scenario in which the otherwise-inexplicable omnipresence of Windows is attributable to a conspiracy by the computer press, who wanted to squelch Apple's proprietary architecture in order to gain more advertising revenue from the intense competition arising from open systems. In addition, O'Neil postulates that the motive behind the spread of Windows is its hidden ability to secretly upload information about the user's software choices, usage habits, and even document content, not to mention the way it allows the storage of a massive central "keyboarding fingerprint" database that can track users no matter where they connect to the 'net. Oh yeah, and aliens run Microsoft, as is plain to see by their leader's telltale choice in eyewear.
Hey, it's no less believable than seeing a woman hit herself in the forehead with the claw end of a hammer six or seven times and retain consciousness, let alone life. Sometimes the X-Files takes the "willing suspension of disbelief" thing a tad too far...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 2/8/98 episode: February 8, 1998: Apple's learned a thing or two about slipping on OS release schedules, and is now redefining what qualifies as "on time." Meanwhile, those retailers who had their Macs pulled out from under them are barely shrugging at the change, and finally Bill Gates' fashion sense is explained...
Other scenes from that episode: 432: Moving the Finish Line (2/8/98) Stand back-- Apple's "refining the timetable and feature sets" for its upcoming operating system releases, according to a MacWEEK article, and I think we all know what that means. A year ago Apple committed to a rigid release timetable for both the Mac OS and Rhapsody, and so far they've managed to stick to their guns pretty well... 433: Spilt Milk, Or Not (2/8/98) Apparently nobody's too sad about Apple's recent pullout of all non-CompUSA national reseller chains. According to MacCentral, those retailers who were cut from the Mac business don't expect to see any change in their bottom lines...
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