From owner-freebsd-chat Mon May 18 23:08:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA09203 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 18:58:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA08932 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 18:57:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA13281; Tue, 19 May 1998 10:42:30 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980519104229.M427@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 10:42:29 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Apple to drop Rhapsody? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Seen this? Any comments? Greg ----- Forwarded message from Jerry_Dunham ----- > Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 12:09:55 -0500 > >> * APPLE EYES THE CONSUMER MARKET/KILLS OFF RHAPSODY PLAN...Apple >> Computer Inc. unveiled a new computer called the iMac --with a price >> of (US) $1,299 - as part of an effort to regain more of the consumer >> market, according to an article last Thursday in THE NEW YORK TIMES. >> Apple also introduced a line of Power Book notebooks designed around >> its G3 microprocessor. >> >> Separately, Apple is abandoning its strategy of replacing its >> Macintosh operating system with Rhapsody, according to an article in >> THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Instead, Apple is planning to add advanced >> functions to the current software in an upgraded version called Mac OS >> X. Steve Jobs announced the decision this week at a meeting of Apple >> software developers in San Jose, California. According to the article, >> Rhapsody is not being completely abandoned - it will be used on >> data-storage servers starting this fall, rather than on mainstream >> desktop machines. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message