========================================================= -------- ENEWS AND VIEWS -------- ========================================================= Delivering breaking news, as well as analysis and commentary, from eWEEK.com
========================================================= Sponsored by Adobe Learn more about Adobe Intelligent Documents today. Download a FREE and informative Doculabs MarketFocus White Paper: Review of the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform and Adobe LiveCycle Server. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137359-1 ========================================================= October 14, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Apple Revenue, Profits Soar 2. News: Microsoft's Office Gets Served 3. News: PayPal Back in Business 4. Opinion: Mac Is the Best Unix Desktop 5. News: Yahoo's 3Q Profit Nearly Quadruples 6. News: Microsoft Launches Windows Shopping Portal 7. News: Office Alternatives Explore Server-Based Apps 8. Opinion: Microsoft's Software Assurance: Not a Bad Deal? For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137362-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Apple Revenue, Profits Soar Apple reported the highest quarterly revenue in 9 years Wednesday as strong sales of Macintosh laptops and iPod music players allowed the company to generate $2.35 billion in revenue in its fiscal 2004 fourth quarter. Get the story here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137365-1 Mac OS X in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137368-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft's Office Gets Served Microsoft has been holding its Office 12 cards close to the vest. But it's becoming increasingly apparent that there will be some new Office Server products in the company's next-generation Office suite lineup. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137371-1 Office Politics http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137374-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: PayPal Back in Business After nearly five days of sporadic outages, PayPal's online payment service appeared to be back to normal on Wednesday. Read more about it here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137377-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: Mac Is the Best Unix Desktop GNOME is nice, KDE is fine and the forthcoming Looking Glass may be wonderful, but the best Unix desktop is the one in the Macintosh. eWEEK.com's Linux and Open Source Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols offers up his opinion here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137380-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Yahoo's 3Q Profit Nearly Quadruples Internet giant Yahoo's third-quarter profit nearly quadrupled, reflecting a continued boom in online advertising. Find out what went right. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137383-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Microsoft Launches Windows Shopping Portal Microsoft on Tuesday quietly launched its new shopping portal for hardware and software, which the company claims will not be used to promote its own products. Learn more about the Windows Marketplace. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137386-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Office Alternatives Explore Server-Based Apps While Microsoft pursues developing new servers for its Microsoft Office applications, Sun Microsystems' StarOffice and the open-source OpenOffice.org are taking another route with their applications. Read about their strategies here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137389-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: Microsoft's Software Assurance: Not a Bad Deal? A survey finds that the licensing program has not raised customers' software costs by 200 percent or more as expected, thanks to added value such as rebate programs and indemnification protection. eWEEK.com columnist David Coursey has more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137392-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137395-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137398-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137401-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=06&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137404-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137407-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137410-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1222-2-3-308321-137413-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
