Author: mactech

Apple Builds, Sells Different

Company Announces Build-to-Order and Electronic Commerce

The Apple Store: Powered by WebObjects

Apple Only Company to Offer All Core Products
Via Retail Stores, Resellers, the Internet

CUPERTINO, California–Nov. 10, 1997–Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
today announced that it will build and sell its computers in a new and
different way. The Company launched The Apple Store (http://www.apple.com/)
as part of its new distribution strategy that utilizes the Internet, along
with the Company’s existing retailers and resellers to sell products.

Apple Designs Different: Unveils Next Generation Power Macintosh G3 Computers

New Systems Deliver Greatest Performance Leap in Power Macintosh History

CUPERTINO,California–Nov. 10, 1997–Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)
today unveiled its next-generation “prosumer” systems–the Power Macintosh
G3 computers. Based on the third-generation PowerPC G3 processor from IBM
and Motorola, the new Apple designs include many technical advancements,
which simultaneously increase performance, lower costs, add features and
simplify the Macintosh product line.

Apple’s New Direction

Design Different, Build Different, Sell Different

CUPERTINO, California–Nov. 10, 1997–Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)
today showed it takes seriously the “Think Different” message in its ads.
The Company announced dramatic changes in the way it designs, builds and
sells its computers.

Today Apple launched its new G3 series computers, with significantly better
price-performance than the newest “Wintel” Pentium products.

QUALCOMM Incorporated Announces Acquisition of Now Software

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ — QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a
world leader in wireless communications and advanced electronic messaging
solutions for the Internet, today announced its acquisition of Now
Software, a pioneer in cross-platform, personal productivity software.

With the acquisition, QUALCOMM gains Now’s range of advanced scheduling and
calendaring software products that meet a growing demand for individual and
enterprise collaboration for both office and mobile users.

From: Brian Greenstone (brian_greenstone@risc.sps.mot.com)
Subject: Free QD3D Sample Code

In the spirit of helping to promote QuickDraw 3D, Pangea Software has just
made freely available the entire project source code for OreoAnimator. The
tool itself probably isn’t all that useful to anyone, but it contains a
wealth of excellent sample code showing how to do lots of cool stuff with
QuickDraw 3D.

You can download the source code et.al. from the QuickDraw 3D web site, or
the Pangea Software web site: http://www.realtime.net/~pangea