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1/7/2K: One of our deep sources as Apple submitted the following
report. Our comments are in black. (Interesting, the things that
happen at Apple while the rest of the world is watching Macworld
Expo!)
In a surprise move today, Apple iCEO Steve
Jobs and FileMaker, Inc. President Dominique Philippe Goupil
made a special joint announcement at today's post-Expo "Apple
Special Event." This is the first time FileMaker has been included
in the Special Event program since it became a daily feature in
Cupertino.
In their joint presentation, Jobs and
Goupil announced an unexpected upgrade to Claris Home Page, long
thought dead on the vine. Dubbed FMHP (and the "FM" doesn't stand
for FileMaker!), the Home Page 4.0 release date is still
vague, but Jobs remarked, "FM Home Page is getting a sustained
investment. You're going to be very happy with future releases of
Home Page."
Riding the crest of the recent new
feature-laden FileMaker
Pro 5, FileMaker President Goupil
reviewed several of the exciting already existing Home Page
features, including "Open," "Close," and "Save as..." menu items.
Pricing of HP will remain at $99 with a discounted upgrade to
previous users at $98. Group licensing will be available at prices
as low as $95 per user for installations of 1,000 or more
users.
After the joint announcement, Jobs wowed
the throng of 3 or 4 approved Mac writers(print media only - webmasters not affiliated with Mac
Publishing need not apply) by
announcing AppleWorks 6.0 for Mac and Windows. The
integrated office suite now includes features from Claris Emailer,
including "Open," "Close," and "Save as" menu items. Although the
exact release date of the AppleWorks upgrade was not stated, Jobs
enthusiastically told the crowd, "AppleWorks is getting a sustained
investment. You're going be very happy with future releases of
AppleWorks."
In a sharp departure from previous Apple
Daily Special Events, Jobs also hinted at upgrades in progress to
HyperCard, Cyberdog, and Firmware Update 1.1. While not
mentioned with the others, Jobs appeared to almost reveal something
as he said, "HyperCard, Cyberdog, and Firmware Update are getting a
sustained investment. You're going be very happy with future
releases of HyperCard, Cyberdog, Orga . . . um, and Firmware
Update."
During the Daily Hardware Update, Apple
Exec Phil Schiller demoed the latest educational iMac, which
comes in a completely transparent case. Most features were
difficult to detect, as the Educational iMac's stealth invisibility
feature was inadvertently activated just before the demo, making
the already difficult-to-see model as hard to see as the 300 MHz G3
All-in-One.
After astonishing the crowd with the
StealthEd iMac, both Jobs and Schiller shared the stage
explaining Apple's concern for gamers experiencing whiplash from
the incredibly quick screen redraws with the new AltiVec technology
included with top end G4 Macs. As a service to customers having
such units on order, Apple is replacing the dangerously fast G4
chips with a safer, slower G4 chip at no additional
cost.
At this point, no Apple employees were lost while delivering
this news. We are doing our utmost to protect the identity of the
individual who filed this report.
Thanks, Hank!
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