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date: "1999-01-05T17:00:00Z"
title: 'PabloWorld News Update #19990106'
slug: 'pabloWorld-news-update-19990106'
---

Classes have started, blah, blah, blah.  I *really* want
one of
<a href="http://www.apple.com/powermac/splash/">these</a> (running
<a href="http://www.linuxppc.org">LinuxPPC</a>, of course).
I watched
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/newscobrand/features/story/0,3730,2178630,00$
Steve Job's Keynote address</a>, and he mentioned
<a href="http://www.apache.org">Apache</a> *and*
<a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source software</a>.  I wasn't
particularly impressed with MacOS X (or MacOS 10), just 'cause
<a href="http://www.linux.org">Linux</a> does everything (except for
WebObjects) just as good, if not better, than MacOS X.  It is nice to see
a microkernel succeed though.  That means two industry leaders, both
<a href="http://www.apple.com">Apple</a> and
<a href="http://www.ibm.com">IBM</a>, are now officially supporting
Open Source software as a part of their Internet strategies.  The
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mac">Microsoft Macintosh software</a>
rep was pretty funny.  He spent a lot of time introducing features in
the new IE45 for Mac that have been available in other browsers  
for a while -- although there were a few cool features.
<br /><br />
In case you hadn't noticed, this is the first time in several years that
I've actually been *really* excited about Apple technology. Anyways,
mail goes
<a href="mailto:pabs@adsl90.eugn.uswest.net">here</a>.