Author: mactech

Apple Announces Mac OS Software Strategy

Mac OS X Billed as “Evolution to Revolution”

WWDC, SAN JOSE, California–May 11, 1998–At the Company’s annual Worldwide
Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple Computer, Inc. today outlined its
operating system software strategy. The strategy includes continuing to
enhance Apple’s popular Mac OS 8 in releases scheduled for the Fall of 1998
and 1999. In addition, Apple announced Mac OS X (ten), a new advanced
version of the Mac OS which will be available to developers in early 1999
and ship in the Fall of 1999.

QuickTime 3 Hits the Million Mark

WWDC, SAN JOSE, California–May 11, 1998–Apple Computer, Inc. today
announced that, since its March 30 introduction, over one million Macintosh
and Windows users are now using QuickTime 3 or QuickTime 3 Pro.

Apple Boosts Java Performance on Macintosh

Symantec’s Just In Time (JIT) Compiler Licensed to Accelerate Mac OS
Runtime for Java

WWDC, SAN JOSE, California–May 11, 1998–At the Company’s annual Worldwide
Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple Computer, Inc. today announced it has
licensed the PowerPC version of Symantec Corporation’s high-performance
Just In Time (JIT) compiler for Java.

FILEMAKER OFFERS DICTIONARIES FOR 15 LANGUAGES ON ONE CONVENIENT CD

Accurate spell-checking in foreign languages for FileMaker Pro users

SANTA CLARA, CA — May 11, 1998 — FileMaker, Inc. announced today the
availability of the new Language Dictionary CD, a cross-platform CD
containing dictionaries for 15 languages.

Helios server software for Rhapsody released at Apple Worldwide Developer
Conference

Helios AppleTalk Toolkit and APIs also available for Rhapsody

May 11, 1998- Cupertino, CA, Apple Worldwide Developer Conference-
Supporting more AppleShare servers worldwide than any other Unix software,
Helios Software GmbH, a leading vendor of Unix/RISC-based network and
prepress server software, announced the availability of Rhapsody versions
of Helios EtherShare, EtherShare OPI , and PDF Handshake at Apple
Computer’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

All WWDC participants will receive