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Whither Copland? (8/23/98)
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Finally, tonight we leave you with some thoughts from faithful viewer David Puett:

I have been coding all day (and browsing) and it finally hit me. A huge conspiracy that only AtAT could bring to the people. Let's look at the facts:
  1. Windows NT 5.0 is well over 2 years late and will not be released until after the year 2000.
  2. Apple's OS plans are on on schedule and kickin' ass.
  3. Bill Gates is not impervious to Steve's Reality Distortion Field®.
  4. Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple.
Nobody knew what Microsoft bought for that money. People think it was QuickTime, or payments for past transgressions. No! Microsoft bought Copland and they are rereleasing it as NT v5. This explains NT 5's delays and Apple's gains. Steve Jobs is a genius.

So is Dave onto something, or is he just working way too hard lately? We can't say for sure, but we can say this: if you find this scenario far beyond the realms of probability, you haven't been tuning into AtAT nearly enough. This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the Committee for the Promotion of Paranoid Thoughts. Sleep lightly.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 8/23/98 episode:

August 23, 1998: Evil geniuses in concrete bunkers far beneath Cupertino are busy grafting new capabilities onto existing PowerBooks. Meanwhile, Apple's busy little manufacturing plants just keep cranking out those cute blue iMacs, and a viewer has a theory about just what's holding up the release of Windows NT 5.0...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 960: Pumped-Up PowerBooks (8/23/98)   Personally, we at AtAT are still reeling from the sheer coolness factor of the current PowerBook G3 Series, but apparently Apple is still preparing to provide "speed-bumped" models as early as a week from now...

  • 961: Still Cranking 'Em Out (8/23/98)   Speaking of availability problems, apparently Apple's doing a good job of cranking out enough iMacs to meet demand. According to an article in MacWEEK, retailers claim they're getting plenty of iMacs to push out the door...

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