From owner-freebsd-chat Mon May 18 23:32:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA28939 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 23:32:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aaka.3skel.com (aaka.3skel.com [207.240.212.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA28793 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 23:32:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from danj@3skel.com) Received: from fnur.3skel.com (fnur.3skel.com [192.168.0.8]) by aaka.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id CAA08651; Tue, 19 May 1998 02:32:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 3skel.com (localhost.3skel.com [127.0.0.1]) by fnur.3skel.com (8.8.8/8.8.2) with ESMTP id CAA26266; Tue, 19 May 1998 02:32:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3561276C.75F3B2B@3skel.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 02:32:12 -0400 From: Dan Janowski Organization: Triskelion Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Apple to drop Rhapsody? References: <19980519104229.M427@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I saw this a few days ago in the NY Times. Rather disapointing. I guess we'll have to see what this server shit is. I think the main reason for it was the amount of work that developers were going to have to do to get things ported. Beats me. Dan Greg Lehey wrote: > 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 -- danj@3skel.com Dan Janowski Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message