Issue # 7-94                                                                                           December 13, 1994

   

                                                       Table of Contents
                                                       Mac Net Journal News
                                                             The Big Switch
                                                                   Reviews
                                                                   Netscape
                                         Interview with Ingemar Ragnemalm
                                              Where to Find Mac Net Journal
                                            Subscribing, Requests, and Credit

Mac Net Journal News

Welcome to the World Wide Web
Mac Net Journal is pleased to announce that it is now available on the World Wide Web!  Check out the new Mac Net Journal home page at http://www.netaxs.com/~aaron/.  This home page contains links to all kinds of Macintosh resources on the Web as well as places to download Mac Net Journal and to read Mac Net Journal Online, the hypertext version of what you're reading now.  There will, of course, be some slight differences between Mac Net Journal and MNJ Online - the Web cannot do all the things DOCMaker can and DOCMaker cannot do everything the Web can.  In time, we believe, the two will probably become independent of each other.  Check it out!

The Mac is Dead, Long Live the Mac!   
MNJ generally likes to stay away from business related news, but, hey, sometimes its worth noting.  Apple recently made the very important decision of allowing other companies to manufacture Mac clones, essentially the same thing that IBM did shortly after introducing its IBM PC back in the early 1980's.  Apple says that it wants to spend more time working on developing operating systems and less time on developing hardware.  Some people are already saying that this could spell the end of Apple Computers (the business, that is) and, possibly, of the Macintosh computer family.  Then again, some people see a future of Apple showing IBMers the right way to run a windows-based operating system and significantly less expensive Mac's.  Only time will tell.  I'm sure we will ALL be keeping an eye on things.

Start Up Screen Contest Still Running. . . 
The contest for the best startup screen is still off and running.  Please email compressed copies of your startup screen to aaron@netaxs.com to be considered.  We must receive them by December 20, 1994 midnight to be eligible to win.  Remember the winner will get a copy of their startup screen on MNJ and their name will be recorded for all time on the Net as the winner of the first annual MNJ startup screen contest, 1994 (WOW, what an honor - lol!).  You do not have to be the creator of the screen, but if you downloaded it from somewhere, please let us know where.

   

     Editorial Staff 
     Aaron Anderson (aaron@netaxs.com)
     Russ Pagenkopf (cs000rjp@selway.umt.edu)