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RDF By Proxy? (5/13/98)
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We've been robbed! There we were, all set to trek down to MacWorld Expo NYC, quivering with the anticipation of a five-hour snack-food-filled road trip followed by seeing Steve Jobs deliver what promises to be a historic keynote address, when someone steps on our buzz by pointing out that Steve won't actually be at the Expo come July. According to new data about the keynote address, while co-keynoter and marketing czar Phil Schiller will be live and in person, Steve will be participating "via satellite." Geez, if it's really going to be a "milestone event," why can't the CEO of the company even be bothered to show up?
Color us irked! (Hmmm, someone call Crayola-- I think we've got a new shade for them...) We assume Steve has a very good reason for choosing not to attend, but it's still a letdown that we won't get to see him in person. I suppose it's way too optimistic to hope that Steve's absence is actually a planned part of some amazing presentation, like a demo of Quicktime 3's upcoming live streaming capabilities, broadcasting his charming animated image into a web browser in NYC from all the way in Cupertino (or wherever he'll be) via the internet. More than likely it's just some kind of boring scheduling conflict. We at least hope it's a personal matter keeping him away.
The true bummer: Steve's patented Reality Distortion Field® can't operate at full strength without physical proximity, and we were so looking forward to another session of borderline hypnosis...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 5/13/98 episode: May 13, 1998: Apple's sinking a sizeable chunk of moolah into a single ad during the farewell episode of "Seinfeld;" will it be worth it? Meanwhile, part-time cast member Steve Jobs apparently has another gig on July 8th, because he's not going to be present at MacWorld Expo, and Microsoft's thorny path to an on-time Windows 98 release gets a mild pruning from the U.S. Appeals Court and the attorney general of Texas...
Other scenes from that episode: 700: Sein of the Times (5/13/98) It's been confirmed-- Apple is going to show a special 30-second "Think Different" commercial during tomorrow night's farewell episode of "Seinfeld." According to Steve Jobs, the ad is meant to "honor Jerry Seinfeld for his contributions to the world of comedy."... 702: Last-Minute Reprieve (5/13/98) The karma wheel's on the upswing for Microsoft, at least so it would seem. Remember that preliminary injunction handed down by Judge Jackson way back in December? The one that required Microsoft to offer a version of Windows 95 without Internet Explorer pre-installed?...
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