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Insider Scandal (10/21/97)
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Another take on the MacInsider drama is MacCentral's amazing coverage, and they're not dealing in hypotheticals. Read the email they received, revealing that MacInsider is not run by ex-Apple employees whom Apple pressured into silence by threatening the jobs of their still-employed friends (pity, we rather liked that scenario-- lots of drama). Rather, MacInsider is allegedly run by Computers Plus, an Apple dealer who violated its non-disclosure agreement with Apple by posting confidential dealer information to the 'net. When Apple found out who MacInsider really was, it was shutdown time-- and Apple was 100% legally and ethically in the right.
If this is all true (and it seems extremely likely, given the evidence at MacCentral, including DNS registration information from InterNIC showing MacInsider and Computers Plus both registered to the same zip code), MacInsider has taken us all for a ride. The author of the posted email is right in saying that MacInsider has been "severely deceptive" to the site's advertisers, to Apple, and to the readers like you and me.
MacInsider has, as of a few hours ago, decided once again to shut down. Their page includes "clarifications" that deny the above allegations, but we find their sudden decision to re-retire extremely suspicious under the circumstances. (They do admit that they were never forced to shut down, lending credence to a certain hypothetical theory we've read somewhere...) Sometimes life is just plain icky.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 10/21/97 episode: October 21, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)
Other scenes from that episode: 104: Hypothetically Speaking (10/21/97) My oh my, strong hypothetical words from the Mac Conspiracy. They present an entirely hypothetical situation in which a hypothetical Mac news website hypothetically "shuts down" without reason, inciting suspicion of intervention by the Man, then suddenly (and hypothetically) reappears, with no explanation as to why they were down... 106: SLAM! DoJ Busts M$ (10/21/97) Poor beleaguered Microsoft... Seems they have no end of troubles these days. First, Sun Microsystems, in a heavily-publicized lawsuit, sues them for breach of contract because of the incompatible version of Java in MSIE 4.0... 107: Happy Birthday to Us (10/21/97) Hey, it's our one-month birthday! Thanx to all of our faithful viewers for making our pilot a success; with Nielsen Ratings of over 30,000 viewers, AtAT's been picked up for another season. :-) We are working on some interface changes, including better support for Cyberdog, a text-only version, and some other niceties...
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