IP: Re: "Microsoft Sees A Major Shift For Computers." John

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:57:51 -0700
To: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
From: tesler () apple com (Larry Tesler)


You could wait for that, or you could download Cyberdog for free onto your
PowerMac right now from http://www.cyberdog.apple.com.


Cyberdog was first demonstrated in May 1995.  It was released in May 1996.
The 1.0 version does most of what is described below.  The 1.1 version (now
in beta) does more of it.  Add the Project X technology we have been
demonstrating since May and it goes beyond what is described below.


Windows watchers could get their stories written earlier by seeing what is
happening on the Mac.


Larry


> From Cyberpunk list:
>
> 7-22-96. NYP, Page One:
>
>   "Microsoft Sees A Major Shift For Computers." John Markoff
>      MS is preparing to release new software that would bring
>      the most fundamental change to personal computers since
>      the machines were invented in the 1970's. Demonstrated
>      last week and to be distributed free to the public, the
>      software is designed to blend the multimedia technology
>      of the Web with Windows 95. PCs would treat each parcel
>      of material as a document with all the stand-alone
>      capabilities of a Web page. Each of these documents
>      would have hyperlinks so that the creator of a document
>      could make it available for reading, listening or
>      viewing anywhere on the Web.
>
>      "This is going to make enormous changes possible," said
>      Jesse Berst, editor of Windows Watcher. "It's analogous
>      to the advent of the automobile." "We're moving into a
>      new world; we now have a new metaphor," said John Seely
>      Brown, director of the Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto
>      Research Center.
>
>      A potentially troublesome aspect to Microsoft's new
>      thrust is the extent to which it will further blur the
>      distinctions between data that sit safely on a person's
>      own computer and data flowing around the Internet. While
>      certain measures of privacy and security control are
>      built into Microsoft's current and planned software, it
>      is still working to develop better security for Internet
>      software.