[DM-MUG] 15 minutes to go...

[Barry Von Ahsen]

Bailey Ford wrote:

> OK, just for fun, here are my predictions for the WWDC keynote:
> 
> Tiger stuff - Apple announced that they would be talking about Tiger or 
> Mac OS 10.4. There's supposed to be this thing called pipeline, and a 
> new kind of smart folder that stores a particular search, lots of 
> speculation about a database system for a new Finder and improved 
> support for metadata in files.
> 
> New Displays - this is pretty well agreed upon by most of the rumor 
> sites. Looks like 20, 23, 30 inches with the 17 inch being dropped from 
> the line.
> 
> And one more thing...
> Apple's Microsoft Office killer. I think they are going to do some kind 
> of software that will make them an industry-wide compatible first rate 
> solution for doing word processing, spreadsheets, etc. We already have 
> large parts of that (Mail, Address Book, Calendar, Keynote). Also, there 
> are 4 posters hung up at WWDC that are very specifically targeted to 
> take on Microsoft.

the posters in question:
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/wwdc04_ono_large.jpg

very funny

-barry


> 
> No new powerbooks, no new imacs.
> 
> OK. That's my wacky idea. We'll see how I do.
> 
> -bailey
> 
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