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Editor's Notes
Fred Showker,
Editor/Publisher, User Group Network News
Not all news this month was happy news. The saddest news in a long time came last
week that our good friend and user group colleague Jim
Alley has passed.
July, Macworld, News, Shareware... - My momma once told me: "if you
want to go places in this world, keep people talking about you!"
__ While I don't know if that's really true, it sure
seems to be the philosophy Microsoft adheres to! They've monopolized the news media
and half the listservs on the net for the past several weeks.
__ First their "Smart Tags" hit the public
-- an insidious plan to mislead web surfers into thinking they'd get content when
they'd really be getting more of Microsoft's paid advertising screen spam! That one
was quickly squashed by consumer revolt. But as our good friend Doug Clifford says:
"They'll be back, and you can bet they'll bring "Smart Tags" back
too." So we'll just have to wait and see.
__ Then the news hit with the upper court's rulings
on Microsoft's monopolistic business. Some say they won, some say they lost, but
again Microsoft says, "I'll be back."
__July is Macworld Expo NY month of course, and we'll
be there to meet and greet with Mac users from around the world. I'm going just to
observe, and to catch up with all those I haven't seen since San Fran, or last year's
NY.
__ Sandy's got some great shareware this month, and
as usual, be sure to peek in on Lynn Wegley in the Info Manager column.
__ Hope to see you all in New York at Macworld.
__ If you do happen to be a user group officer or member,
and happen to be reading this, and you do happen to run into me at Macworld, say
"Fred: I read in the UGNN Newsletter that I'm supposed to come up to you and
say WHERE IS IT" ... and I'll have a special treat for you!
[Note: read my sidebar "We'll miss you AUGD"]
Here are the news bursts for Pre-Macworld
July:
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* Blowout Coverage: Microsoft
Breakup Overturned ; _ *
Microsoft Won't Be Split ; _ * Microsoft Hopes To Settle ; _
* Decision Reaction Mixed ; _ * Microsoft
"Smart Tags" Bomb Came and Went ; _ * MacHack a Success... and you can share it... ; _ * The
"Ultimate" 3D Rendering Program?
Blowout Coverage: Microsoft
Breakup Overturned - A federal appeals court vacated the Microsoft
break-up on Thursday and sent the landmark antitrust case back to a lower court to
come up with a new set of remedies. - Thanks to: for sending this
in. File this one under: Editorial For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eD280BdxAn0V30PUE0AD
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Microsoft Won't Be Split
- The ruling reflected the prevailing sentiment that the lower court
ruling and break-up would not hold up under further scrutiny based on the tenor of
the judges' questions of government and company attorneys during oral arguments in
February. The fact that the judges ruled unanimously was notable, according to trial
watchers. - Thanks to: Mary Mosquera, InternetWeek News for sending
this in. File this one under: Editorial For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eD280BdxAn0V30PUF0AE
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Microsoft Hopes To Settle
- Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has said he hopes to settle the antitrust lawsuit
pending against the company. - Thanks to: Mitch Wagner for sending
this in. File this one under: Editorial For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eD280BdxAn0V30PUG0AF
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Decision Reaction Mixed
- Reaction to the lengthy appellate decision in the Microsoft antitrust case was
as mixed as the ruling itself on Thursday. - Thanks to: Mary Mosquera
for sending this in. File this one under: Editorial For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eD280BdxAn0V30PUH0AG
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Microsoft "Smart
Tags" Bomb Came and Went - Bowing to pressure, Microsoft has
decided to remove Smart Tags from upcoming versions of Internet Explorer and Windows
XP.
__Smart Tags automatically add "links" to
Web content that send a reader to related content. For instance, with Smart Tags
a page that contained the word "browser" might offer a link to a tech dictionary
defining the word. Or it might link to Microsoft's download page.
__Smart Tags were included in a beta version of Internet
Explorer released earlier this week, but will be dropped in the final Windows XP
release, slated for later this year. - Thanks to: Richard Karpinski
for sending this in. File this one under: Editorial For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eD280BdxAn0V30PUK0AJ
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MacHack
a Success... and you can share it... - One of our favorite events
of the year is the famous MacHack event... now their latest CD-ROM is available with
all those great hacks.
__82 new hacks were featured at the 2001 conference
-- all of which conceived, designed and written over the 72-hour conference. You
can pick up the MacHack 2002 CD right now for just $19.95 plus shipping.
__Remember that many of the most famous original Mac
OS software first appeared at the MacHack conference. Here's where you'll see some
of the best developers in the Mac OS field! - Thanks to: UGNN News
Staff for sending this in. File this one under: OS: Enhancements (Macintosh) For
more info go to: http://www.machack.com/
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The
"Ultimate" 3D Rendering Program? - Just the other day I
was chatting with a friend from Texas, and the topic of Corel came up.
__"Wonder what ever happened to Corel?"
__With the muscle and strong-arm marketing tactics of
Adobe it's not difficult to answer that question. However, Corel is alive and healthy;
still taking care of millions of happy users. Last week they introduced the all new
Bryce 5, the "other" 3D rendering and animation software.
__To many, Bryce is the ultimate 3D software! The new
version 5 features new options and greater rendering speeds -- and now it runs flawlessly
on all the Mac OS (including X) as well as those "other" computers. Bryce
5 is the first Mac OS X release by Corel.
__For powerful 3D landscape and animation, photo-realistic
landscapes and models and superbly creative environments, Bryce is the one. Best
of all, you don't even need an extensive 3D modeling background.
__Pick up Bryce 5 for $309, or upgrade for $159 - Thanks to: UGNN News Staff for sending this in. File this one under: Graphics,
Web, DTP: Publishing, printing, output For more info go to: http://www.corel.com/
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Fred Showker
From Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher,
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