Mike here is AAPL's OS press release just rec'd
Mike I appreciate your explanations and I agree with you Jobs is not throwing Rhapsody away , I think he is going to sell it .
I can't find where a Rhapsody - MacOS melding is mentioned and further is refers to Rhapsody as a separate offering :
Subject:
[Apple-PR] Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Releases (3)
Date:
Mon, 11 May 98 13:18:32 -0700
From:
Apple Press Releases <applepr@kilo.info.apple.com>
To:
Apple Press Releases <Pressrel@thing2.info.apple.com>
Good Day:
The following press releases moved over PR Newswire on Monday, May 11,
1998 at 10:41, 10:48 and 10:53 AM, PDT. The releases are also on the PR
website: www.apple.com/pr/
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For Immediate Release
Apple Announces Mac OS Software Strategy
Mac OS X Billed as "Evolution to Revolution"
WWDC, SAN JOSE, California--May 11, 1998--At the Company's annual
Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple Computer, Inc. today
outlined its operating system software strategy. The strategy includes
continuing to enhance Apple's popular Mac OS 8 in releases scheduled for
the Fall of 1998 and 1999. In addition, Apple announced Mac OS X (ten),
a new advanced version of the Mac OS which will be available to
developers in early 1999 and ship in the Fall of 1999. Mac OS X will
feature preemptive multitasking, memory protection and advanced virtual
memory, and will be fully optimized for Apple's PowerPC G3 based
computers.
"Mac developers have created over 12,000 software applications for the 25
million Macintosh customers worldwide," said Steve Jobs, Apple's Interim
CEO. "Our software strategy builds on this incredible foundation, and
adds advanced features that will give us the foundation to continue to
stay ahead in the coming decade."
Mac OS Software Strategy
Mac OS X will be based on a subset of the Macintosh application
programming interfaces (APIs) that developers have been using for years
to create Macintosh applications. With just a few weeks of work,
developers can "tune-up" their applications to deliver new versions using
the advanced features of Mac OS X, including protected memory, advanced
virtual memory and preemptive multitasking. Apple also expects almost
all current Macintosh applications to run unaltered on Mac OS X without a
"tune-up" (and without the advanced features), ensuring a smooth
transition to the operating system for both developers and customers.
Apple is paving the path to Mac OS X with two important operating system
software releases scheduled for 1998--Mac OS 8.5 and Rhapsody.
Mac OS 8.5--code named Allegro--advances Internet integration on the Mac
with new find and browsing capabilities and even easier Internet set up.
Mac OS 8.5 will also include new features for power users, such as fast
file transfer optimized for 100 MBps Ethernet and a full PowerPC
implementation of AppleScript. As well as enhancing existing Apple
technologies, Mac OS 8.5 introduces new services for developers that will
allow them to begin development for Mac OS X.
( Mike, notice it states Rhapsody contains the features)
Later this year Apple will ship the first customer release of Rhapsody, a
new operating system that Apple is providing as a server platform for
publishing and Internet solutions. Rhapsody contains technologies key to
Mac OS X, including a microkernel-based core OS and an advanced software
development environment.
Developers already familiar with Apple's plans are excited by an
operating system strategy that preserves their investment in Mac OS
development while delivering advanced capabilities:
"We've been hoping and waiting for this strategy for over three years,"
said Norm Meyrowitz, President, Macromedia Products. "This is absolutely
the right way to move Mac OS forward. It will be a pleasure to quickly
move Macromedia's products to Mac OS X."
"Apple has responded to customer concerns with an OS strategy that
preserves the industry's investment in Mac OS while at the same time
providing increased stability and performance," said Ben Waldman, general
manager of the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft. "Microsoft is
looking forward to continued collaboration with Apple on products that
meet the needs of our mutual customers."
Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the
1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the
1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original
mission--to bring the best personal computing products and support to
students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons
and consumers in over 140 countries around the world.
Press Contacts:
Staci Sheppard
Apple Computer, Inc.
(408) 974-8404
email: sheppard@apple.com
Russell Brady
Apple Computer, Inc.
(408) 974-6877
email: brady2@apple.com
Regards,
Jim K. |
