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Friday, January 17, 2003

How to release products? -- Comment()
Joel on Software writes: "When Apple releases a new product, they tend to surprise the heck out of people, even the devoted Apple-watchers who have spent the last few months riffling through garbage dumpsters at One Infinite Loop. [...] Microsoft, on the other hand, can't stop talking about products that are mere glimmers in someone's eye. Testers outside the company were using .NET for years before it finally shipped. [...] So, which is right? Should you talk endlessly about your products under development, in hopes of building buzz, or should you hold off until you've got something ready to go?" (See also Mouth Wide Shut.)

Confused about how Apple is doing? -- Comment()
Radio free beowulf writes: "Look down this list of headlines and see if you are as confused as me?"

"Apple Loses Money but Grows Revenue"
"Apple still in the red with S$14m [US$8 million] net losses"
"Apple Has Ambitious Plans for 2003"
"Apple pleases the market"
"Apple rises after Q1 report"
"Apple Expects to Shake Off Slowdown: Despite an $8-million loss in first quarter, PC maker says it will keep pushing new products."
"Apple Projects 2nd-Quarter Profit But Vows to Keep Spending"
"Yahoo!, Apple hit targets, still cautious on recovery: Analyst expectations met"
"Apple Matches Forecast"
"Rays of hope for technology - Apple Computer: Second straight loss for Cupertino Mac-maker"
"Apple Posts Second Straight Quarterly Loss"
"More losses on Apple's R&D drive"
"Apple Posts Loss on Weaker-Than-Expected Revenue"
"Apple posts another quarterly deficit"
"AAPL Reports Q1 EPS 3c vs 3c Est., Excluding Charges"
"Banc of America Securities still not biting on Apple in notes"
"Apple says Q1 profits eaten away"
"Apple Computer 'neutral' reiterated"
" Needham Cuts Apple Computer To Hold From Buy"
"Slump hits Power Mac sales"
"Apple Q1 loss 'won't slow innovation'"
"Apple's Small Loss is $8 million in Q1 '03"
"Apple posts net loss of $8 million"
"Warburg reiterates 'buy' rating for AAPL"
"Analysts revise Apple estimates"
"Apple downgraded by Needham & Co.

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Why 'Shared Source' Is a Lie: " Microsoft is under a lot of pressure these days, mostly from Linux and the open source camp providing attractive alternatives to the closed world of Windows. Under extreme duress, Microsoft has grudgingly come up with a concept that would give its marketing forces some ammo in their fight against Linux and open source." [osOpinion]

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Apple Needs More Of The Old Magic: "What Apple needs is something to drive sales in 2003 and 2004, and it's not clear that a new large laptop and a new small laptop will do it, or upgraded versions of the iMac and iBook." (The Globe And Mail via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]

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Jon Udell reviews Apple's Safari browser: "During the show, I installed and began using the Safari browser. (Wish they'd avoided overloading the name of another product that's near and dear to my heart, but so it goes.) I hadn't thought the speed would matter much, because Mozilla does very nicely on the 800MHz TiBook -- but Safari is indeed wicked fast, and so I find myself gravitating to it. My gripes are different from the ones I've mainly heard, though. I'm not yet a confirmed tabs addict, so I can easily live without them. And I'm not yet running into any annoying rendering problems." [Scripting News]