May 2001: WWDC & iBooks

It's May 2021, and this month we discuss May 2001 - How about that! We're on a new schedule for a new season of Memory Protection. We have two events to review this month: WWDC 2001 and the "Your Life, To Go" event. We check the bottom line & get fiscal as we discuss iBooks, Education, and Mac OS X.

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QuickTime Machine

• 10.0.1 - April 16th, 2001- Performance & Stability + Better Support for USB devices
  • 10.0.2 - May 1st, 2001- Updates iTunes, adds CD Burning
  • Apparently it's faster
  • 10.0.3 - May 9th, 2001 - "Ensures full visibility of file lists in directories that contain a large number of items."
  • Internet Explorer 5.1.1 Available Via OS X's Software Update
• Apple Releases QuickTime 5 And QuickTime Streaming Server 3 - First release for Mac OS 9 & Windows
• BBEdit Comes To OS X
  • BBEdit is up to V13 as of May 2021, and was first released in 1992
  • Wikipedia Article
• Douglas Adams passes away - May 11th, 2001
• Mac OS X Public Beta Expires May 15th, 2001 - R.I.P.
• FileMaker Pro comes to Mac OSX

"Your Life. To Go."

Keynote Video NotesKey Link

• Apple's Page about the new iBook
• Apple Lands Mammoth iBook Deal: 23,000 iBooks Sold To One School District
• New commercial showcases iBook as a portable Digital hub - This commercial is bad, Matt

WWDC Announcements

NotesKey Link

• Ahead of WWDC, Apple drops developer membership by $100
• Apple Dropping 17" CRT Displays, Does Going All Flat Panel Include The iMac?