Wednesday, October 08, 1997

I find much that I agree with in Jesse Berst's analysis of the Sun-Microsoft broo-ha-ha over Java.

The Frontier 5 process continues. 5.0a3/Mac is released. Check out the release notes and the download page.

Two great Frontier sites: Workbook, Activemail.

Click on each of these links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5. You just helped us test Frontier 5 running on a server. Thanks!

News.com reports on a bug in Mac OS 8 that can trash hard drives. We reported it on 10/2/97, and Apple has since posted a utility that fixes it. (Scroll to the bottom of that page.)

If you're running Frontier 4 on a fast Mac you may experience the "freeze at startup" problem. We shipped a fix for that in September. I also added a link to this on the main Frontier page.

Leonard Rosenthol: OSA Menu 1.1b6 released today.

Check this out! A bandwidth breakthru? Data is transferred over electricity power lines into the home at speeds of over one megabit per second - up to ten times faster than ISDN.

An email I sent to Apple CEO Steve Jobs on 9/9/97, at his request, briefly outlining the opportunity around Mac-based web software, including my own product, Frontier; and BBEdit and WebSTAR. As far as I know, he never responded to this email (sometimes messages get lost in my inbox). I wanted people to see this, in case there was any doubt that we keep trying to open the door to communication with Apple.

E&P: News-search sites proliferate.

Palo Alto Weekly: 200 computers stolen from local lawfirm.

"Mail Starting 10/8/97".