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[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 08:41:30PM +0200, Kevin Lee wrote:
> STEVE JOBS:  Everyone is charging for email and web service, so we have to
> as well.  So starting Oct 1 2002 .MAC it is going to cost $99 a year.
> iTools as we know it will be withdrawn.
> -----
> THE CROWD:  COMPLETE SILENCE

I *LOVED* THIS.  I was watching the Mpeg-4 stream and doing running commentary
with some guys on efnet #macintosh at the time.  8-)

> STEVE JOBS:  Of course if you already have an iTools account it is only
> going to cost you $49 a year for the first year.
> -----
> THE CROWN:  MORE SILENCE....................some guy coughs.........
> -----
> STEVE JOBS: Ok, lets continue.

I laughed my ass off.

> BOMB #2 OSX 10.2 will cost existing 10.1 owners full whack no discount.

Its worth it - I'll pay full price.. 

> BOMB #3 No new Powermacs
> BOMB #4 No new Powerbooks

Wait about 3 weeks - new machines towards the end of August, right
around the same time 10.2 ships.

Bill

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Bill Bradford     
mrbill at mrbill.net 
Austin, TX