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Pulling the Strings (7/12/98)
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With monopoly comes muscle, and lots of it. Remember how last week several PC manufacturers were strongly cautioning their customers about potential problems that could occur if they upgraded to Windows 98? You know, incompatibilities with different BIOS, lack of proper drivers, the possibility of rendering the system completely unusable, all that jazz? Well, it seems that all of those stern warnings are about to be "tempered," according to a Sm@rt Reseller Online article.
Dell, Toshiba, Compaq, and the rest of the usual suspects who recently posted warnings of varying degrees are now changing their tunes and softening the tone of their online caveats. For instance, Toshiba's pulled the warnings about the lack of a compatible BIOS, despite the fact that such a BIOS is still not available; they claim they're "rewriting" the info and will repost it "at a later date." Hewlett Packard and Dell are both toning down the language in their own Windows 98 warnings as well.
Hmmm, what could be behind this sudden mass change of heart? Big surprise-- it's pressure from big daddy Microsoft, according to inside sources at the companies in question. It just goes to show you how short a leash Microsoft keeps on its licensees; Dell et al may be Microsoft's customers, but in this case, "the customers are always right provided that they agree with the vendor." Either that, or all of these company executives have been drinking a little too much "Windows 98 Blend" coffee at their local Borders.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 7/12/98 episode: July 12, 1998: Further info on the Return of the Prodigal Expo yields both reason to celebrate and cause for concern. Meanwhile, Uncle Bill demonstrates just how well-trained one can keep one's customers, when one holds all the cards, and the real reason for last week's flubbed Allegro network demo shows that the guts underlying even Apple's failed demos are technically sound...
Other scenes from that episode: 847: Good News, Bad News (7/12/98) From our point of view, a Boston Globe article about MacWorld Expo's return to Boston next year includes good news and bad news. Of course, your opinions may differ, but regardless, the info is interesting to note. The good news is, when we heard that the '99 Expo was to be held only at the World Trade Center instead of both there and at the larger Bayside Expo Center, we hadn't heard that the show will actually be held at the World Trade Center and the brand-spankin'-new Seaport Hotel, right next door and with plenty of extra exhibit space and meeting rooms... 849: Shoelaces Untied To Start (7/12/98) Faithful viewer Matt Steinecker wrote in to clarify what went wrong during last Wednesday's network speed test, which pitted a Mac running Allegro (soon to ship as Mac OS 8.5) against a PC running Windows NT...
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