Thursday, October 02, 1997

This evening I sent an email to Bill Gates.

I also sent an email to Steve Case.

"Mail Starting 10/2/97".

Frontier 5.0a2/Mac Upgrader released. Lots of fixes and tweaks.

If you're actively using 4.2.3, check out the intro notes for the 5.0 alpha process.

A fresh start for the Scripting News guestbook. If you're running a Frontier-managed website, please add a link. We're working on more comprehensive registration software, this will help us get us focused on what's important.

Wired News: PGP moves towards corporate applications.

GoMac -- Program bar and start menu for Mac OS 8.

PC WEEK: Jobs asks publishers to trust him.

Oh those boys at Microsoft! Not one-point-oh.

Hot tip. If you have one of Apple's new 6500s, your hard disk may get trashed unless you turn virtual memory off. Apple's suggested workaround is to sleep instead of shutting down. Some people at Apple know this solution, but it hasn't been broadcast to users yet.