Year: 2002

XChar 2.0 for Mac OS X

[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE]

Gela, Italy – May 20, 2002

XCHAR 2.0 FOR MAC OS X RELEASED
Today, I released XChar 2.0, a new version of the OS X utility that allows
you to use uncommon characters even if you don’t remember the correct key
combination. This new version adds compatibility for applications which do
not support Drag and Drop and also allows to copy the font and style along
with the character.

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Analyst raises Apple estimates

UBS Warburg analyst Don Young has raised his third-quarter and full year estimates on Apple, Reuters reports. Young bumped his third-quarter estimate up by two cents, to 14 cents a share, raising his 2002 outlook to 56 cents. “We no longer view Apple as in a battle for PC market share — instead we see the platform becoming a premium PC capturing selective PC demand. We reiterate our strong buy rating,” Young’s report stated.

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OpenOSX Ships Office 1.0 v2

(CA-OPENOSX) OpenOSX Ships Office 1.0 v2

SWALL MEADOWS, Calif. — (OPENOSX-INC) — May 20, 2002 — OpenOSX, Inc., a
leading provider of easy-to-use, world-class open-source software, today
began shipping their Office 1.0 v2 CD to the budding Mac OS X community.

The new version of the CD fixes a potential localization bug with AbiWord,
that would prevent AbiWord from launching under certain conditions.

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Alpha8 8.0b1 Release

Alpha8 8.0b1 Release Announcement
May 20, 2002

The Alpha-Cabal is pleased to announce the second public beta release of
Alpha8, the next generation of the venerable Alpha text editor. We are a
small group of Alpha users who have taken over its development from the
original author P.Keleher.

Alpha8 contains many changes & fixes to the core Alpha application; e.g.
Tcl 8.3.4 is now used internally, which results in large speedups for many
complex operations.

As this is a beta release, it contains known bugs and may crash.

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