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To: Moominoid who wrote (13684)	5/16/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: soup	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213182

iMac Update. via MacOSRumors >A reader had these insights into the forthcoming iMac, from an Apple briefing: The senior engineer guy said that Jobs and others visited Maxell during the development of the iMac and found that Maxell has not manufactured a floppy in a few years and has much warehouse space wasting away storing too many of the buggers. Therefore, Jobs figured that floppies are no longer hip for storing files, so they looked for other solutions. Also, it was mentioned that the iMac, being a consumer-oriented machine, was nicely positioned to transfer files electronically "through the wire" so to speak. Meaning that Apple will encourage owners of the machine to transfer files via the Internet. He also said the iMac would be an excellent complementary machine to the G3 for classrooms. [We interpret this to mean that Apple is not going to try and sell this machine as an end-all, be-all, rather a nice little "appliance" for Internet stuff and lower-end applications.] He also mentioned that the 33.6Kps modem will most likely be changed. CompUSA already has 70,000 advance orders for a machine that hasn't even begun production!< -------------------------------------------- I love fundamentals. soup

To: Moominoid who wrote (13684)	5/16/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Respond to of 213182

David , helps get your $38.50 sooner - MSFT/DOJ talks breakdown Best for PC industry to have a Court guided consent decree settlement after ALL the MSFT suits are combined . Hopefully the DOJ and the 22 states will file their papers . If MSFT ships Win/98 they will be spending settlement capital: " Press, 05/16/98 15:42 WASHINGTON (AP) - Eleventh-hour negotiations between Microsoft and government lawyers to avert antitrust action against the software giant collapsed Saturday, the Justice Department said. A two-sentence statement said the talks are not expected to be resumed. After Microsoft delayed shipping Windows 98 to computer makers last week, a coalition of state attorneys general and the Justice Department also delayed filing antitrust lawsuits.MORE " Regards, Jim K. Source:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/136/Microsoft_talks_with_government_col.htm