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January 29, 2004
Mac Punditry
Updates to PowerMac G5: We'll see these soon - it's no secret they're coming. But Apple will wait until at least next week, if not later, rather than overlap with the big Pepsi/Apple iTunes promotion that'll be officially announced in SuperBowl ads.
Old Politics: Steve Jobs was one of Apple's original founders. Steve hired John Sculley as Apple CEO - he recruited Sculley from Pepsi, with the now-famous line, "Do you want to sell sugar water all your life?" Sculley later ousted Jobs in a corporate coup. Jobs went on to found Pixar and NeXT. NeXt was bought by Apple in the late 90s, and Jobs returned. So am I the only one to find a Pepsi/Apple joint contest ironic, especially with Jobs at the helm of Apple?
Changing Names: Apple had been using the URL AppleMusic.com to pimp their iTunes Music Store. But they ran afoul of old agreements with the Beatles' Apple label, which allowed Apple Computer to keep the Apple name under certain music-related provisions. Qithout fanfare, the AppleMusic.com URL seems to have vanished from advertising, replaced with iTunes.com.
Posted by jim at January 29, 2004 11:28 AM