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This might be the week the computer industry focuses on COMDEX
   in Las Vegas, but that doesn't mean things aren't happening
   everywhere else. We bring you news that OpenDoc 1.0 and new
   versions of BBEdit and Netscape Navigator are available, plus
   the latest on troubles at clone maker Radius and difficulties
   obtaining Adobe PageMill overseas. Also, read about a $10,000
   Internet security challenge, and get Adam's thoughts on both
   Apple's and eWorld's explicit shift toward the Internet.

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Topics:
    MailBITS/13-Nov-95
    Radius on the Ropes
    New Versions of BBEdit Lite and BBEdit
    WordPerfect & Claris?
    PageMill Fails to Make the French Connection
    Netscape 2.0b2 Available
    The Internet is In
    Reviews/13-Nov-95

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MailBITS/13-Nov-95
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**OpenDoc 1.0 & SDK Available!** Apple intends to include OpenDoc
  as part of the Mac OS with hardware bundles and as additional
  system software components throughout 1996 - but you can get it
  sooner than that, if you want. Apple last week announced the
  availability of the OpenDoc Software Development Kit for the Mac,
  which includes the complete OpenDoc 1.0 release as well as sample
  code and tools for OpenDoc developers. Supposedly, a free
  developer CD can be obtained by mailing <[e-mail]>, but
  some messages have been bounced from that address, so I can't
  guarantee it.

http://www.opendoc.apple.com/

  Before downloading OpenDoc, you need to know two things. First,
  most people have no reason to install OpenDoc, since only a few
  components are available and no applications support it. Three
  hundred developers have committed to shipping OpenDoc-compliant
  programs in 1996, but that's still a ways off. Second, OpenDoc is
  big, with the _basic_ installation and a few sample components
  coming in around 4 MB, and the development tools are hefty 20+ MB
  in addition to that. (Apple thoughtfully provides separate,
  smaller files for people using modems.) So unless you're a
  developer or terminally curious, there's no driving reason to
  install OpenDoc yet. I applaud Apple for releasing OpenDoc and
  - better still - making it freely available. This release follows
  hot on the heels of the announcement that IBM will be taking over
  development of OpenDoc for Windows from Novell, although Novell
  remains publicly committed to the technology. [GD]


**$10,000 Internet Security Challenge** -- I wrote about the
  WebMaster Macintosh security challenge back in TidBITS-295_ and,
  as expected, no one was able to break WebSTAR's security and claim
  the prize of free passes to the WebEdge conference. Now the stakes
  have increased. Seven companies - StarNine, EveryWare, Maxum,
  ComVista Internet Solutions, WebEdge, Digital Forest, and Westwind
  Computing - have joined forces to offer a more lucrative prize of
  $10,000. The new challenge is similar: you must break WebSTAR's
  security to find information that's isn't available to the public
  and report it by midnight on 30-Nov-95. Check out the rest of the
  details online if you are interested. [ACE]

http://challenge.comvista.com/


**High-end DOS Cards at COMDEX** -- Among the many things Apple
  will demonstrate at COMDEX in Las Vegas this week will be
  prototype "PC Compatibility Cards" based on both the Pentium and
  Cyrix 586 chips. Long rumored, these PCI-based cards will succeed
  Apple's current 486-based DOS Compatibility Cards. No pricing or
  availability information has been divulged, although they're not
  likely to be cheap. [GD]


**Linux Clarification** -- A MailBIT in TidBITS-302_ regarding
  Novell's intention to sell WordPerfect and Quattro Pro implied Ray
  Noorda, former CEO of Novell, controlled commercial rights to
  Linux, Linus Torvald's popular Unix clone distributed under the
  GNU General Public Licence (GPL). The language was from Novell's
  and Noorda's public statements on the issue, and was misleading in
  stating Linux is shareware and implying Mr. Noorda controls _all_
  commercial rights to Linux.

  First, Linux is distributed under the GPL and is not shareware.
  Second, Caldera, Inc., a company founded by Bryan Sparks with
  money from the Noorda Family Trust, distributes Linux under the
  terms of the GPL as part of its Caldera Network Desktop (now in
  "preview" release), along with additional proprietary components.
  This is by no means an exclusive arrangement; it would have been
  more accurate to say Noorda is involved with Caldera, which is
  preparing a Linux-based product line for corporate users. Caldera
  is also of interest to the Mac community since Caldera plans to
  support OpenDoc in the Caldera Network Desktop. [GD]

ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL
http://www.caldera.com/


**IKEA** -- Sorry for not having tracked down a phone number for
  IKEA before for those of you who wanted to get a catalog and check
  out the Jerker desks I mentioned recently. It turns out IKEA's 800
  numbers are geographically limited, so people on the East coast of
  the U.S. should try the first one, people on the West coast should
  try the second one, and the non-800 number and fax number (for
  ordering a catalog - fax them your snail mail address) should work
  anywhere, although the last two are local Seattle numbers so the
  telephone people may refer you to a different number for your area
  or country. The 800 numbers weren't accessible from my phone for
  some reason, so if all else fails, try the non-800 number.
  IKEA -- 800/434-4532 -- 800/570-4532 -- 206/656-2980
  206/656-8104 (fax) [ACE]


Radius on the Ropes
-------------------
  by Geoff Duncan <[e-mail]>

  To almost no one's surprise, signs began appearing last week that
  the beleaguered video and graphics company and Macintosh clone
  maker Radius might be on its last legs. Radius laid off nearly
  half of its 320 employees last week (following the layoff of 80
  employees in September), and rumors have been circulating that the
  company - or at least its licence to manufacture Mac clones - is
  for sale.

  According to MacWEEK, Radius is expected to announce a loss of $20
  million for the fiscal quarter ended 30-Sep-95, a figure
  considerably higher than what had been expected. Radius executives
  reportedly blame the loss on declining margins for video cards and
  monitors, as well as insufficient supplies of its 81/110 Macintosh
  clone system. Radius is also suffering from lackluster sales on
  many of its high-end video products, including its Telecast
  system.

http://www.zdnet.com/~macweek/mw_11-06-95/radius.html

  Interestingly, sources indicate that Radius has manufactured as
  many as 10,000 machines but has sold less than 10 percent of them.
  Sales of Radius clones were almost certainly hurt by Apple's
  recent price cuts, which resulted in Radius machines being priced
  higher than Apple systems of similar performance. Radius prices
  may also have been driven up by Radius's reliance on Apple parts.

  Radius still claims to be developing PCI-based Macintosh clones
  for early 1996, but sources indicate Radius has laid off the group
  responsible for developing the clones as well as specifications
  for two new models. Obviously, Radius still owns the plans and
  designs, but without key personnel and capital, eventual
  production seems unlikely.

  In addition to recent layoffs, Radius has been hurt by an exodus
  of engineers and software developers, many of whom now work at
  Silicon Graphics and (surprise) on Macintosh development projects
  for Microsoft.

  If the troubles at Radius stem in part from its venture into
  Macintosh clones, perhaps the lesson to be learned is that
  targeting the high end of the Macintosh market may not be good
  business. The wide margins at the high end of the Macintosh line
  are basically a thing of the past, and they need to stay that way
  if the Mac is going to remain competitive with other platforms. In
  the Intel world, clones were successful because they strove for
  volume rather than margin; however, presently all Macintosh clones
  sell to the mid-to-high end of the Macintosh world. Admittedly,
  that's where the companies will find users more able to take the
  technological step out of Apple's shadow, but if Radius's
  experience is any indication, it may not be possible to build a
  viable business model so close to Apple's core market.


New Versions of BBEdit Lite and BBEdit
--------------------------------------
  by Tonya Engst <[e-mail]>

  BBEdit, a popular text editor and text-based HTML authoring tool,
  has matured greatly over the past years, and this most recent
  round of updates includes several valuable features and fixes.

http://www.tiac.net/biz/bbsw/news.html

  The freeware BBEdit Lite, now at version 3.5, fixes bugs and
  offers several improvements including full-featured text wrapping,
  improved Find and Preferences dialog box, and fancier Get Info
  options (like character, word, line, and page counts). BBEdit Lite
  also now has PowerPC code in its core text engine.

http://www.tiac.net/biz/bbsw/freeware/BBEdit_Lite_3.5.hqx

  The full BBEdit is commercial, but version 3.5.1 comes as a free
  update to registered 3.5 owners. The new version corrects a number
  of bugs, offers an impressive list of minor interface
  improvements, and can be more easily controlled by AppleScript and
  Frontier. According to Bare Bones, the new version also comes with
  a "dramatically improved" Replace All function. If you own a
  commercial version of BBEdit 3.5, you can download the update and
  apply it to your copy.

ftp://ftp.std.com//vendors/bbsw/updaters/BBEdit_3.5.1_Update.hqx
ftp://ftp.netcom.com//pub/bb/bbsw/updaters/BBEdit_3.5.1_Update.hqx

    Bare Bones Software -- 508/651-3561 -- 508/651-7584 (fax)
      <[e-mail]>


WordPerfect & Claris?
---------------------
  by Dave Martin <[e-mail]>

  With Novell placing WordPerfect and Quattro Pro up for sale, it
  may be time for people to put some pressure on Claris to make an
  offer - assuming Claris isn't already a serious bidder for the
  products. Even if Claris has started negotiations, a flood of
  calls supporting the purchase could make sure the company doesn't
  back off.

  Why would it matter if Claris bought the pair? For starters, a
  company without strong Macintosh development experience could just
  let WordPerfect for Macintosh stagnate, with no further
  development and less-than-optimal technical support. A relatively
  new, smaller company is risky because potential customers and
  investors may worry about the company's endurance as well as their
  ability to handle cross-platform development and support for two
  big products. A new, small company might also have more trouble
  shipping a Mac Quattro Pro.

  Why Claris, rather than Adobe, Quark, or another company with a
  strong Mac presence? Why shouldn't Apple - through Claris - do
  what Microsoft has been doing for years? Microsoft makes word
  processors and spreadsheets for use on their operating systems,
  competing directly with third-party developers. Why can't Apple do
  the same thing? MacWrite Pro doesn't have much chance on its own,
  but the idea of combining the best elements of WordPerfect and
  MacWrite has great potential.

  Claris already has a cross-platform mindset. Buying WordPerfect
  would give them a popular DOS/Windows word processor with a large
  installed base, plus a Mac version to which increasing numbers of
  Macintosh users are switching in an attempt to escape Microsoft's
  Mac applications. Quattro Pro would give Claris a start towards
  building their own office suite; they already have FileMaker Pro
  for Macintosh and Windows. Imagine a cross-platform business
  applications package (or set of OpenDoc parts) centered around
  WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, FileMaker Pro, and ClarisDraw. Toss in
  Emailer and Claris Organizer and you have an excellent bundle,
  especially if the price is right.

  Of course, Claris would face obstacles. Unless Novell worked on a
  Macintosh port of Quattro Pro (and this strikes me as unlikely),
  Claris would have to develop a Mac version from scratch. Also, the
  programs won't be well integrated - even Claris products don't
  quite blend well on interface, and at the moment WordPerfect
  certainly doesn't work and look like a Claris application. There
  is also the question of product longevity: Claris tried an
  application suite once before. How many people bought Claris
  Resolve only to have the program abandoned? Claris SmartForms met
  the same fate.

  There's also no doubt whoever buys WordPerfect and/or Quattro Pro
  will be purchasing a technical support nightmare due to the size
  of the installed bases of those programs. Unless the buyer can
  acquire the lion's share of existing technical support resources
  with the purchase, sizable tech support groups would have to be
  created and trained.

  In the long run, however, it seems that WordPerfect and Quattro
  Pro may have a better chance for a viable future on the Macintosh
  if Claris adopts them. The Macintosh version of WordPerfect has
  come a long way in recent years, quickly offering new Apple
  technologies and trying hard to be a serious contender. It would
  be a shame to see all that effort go to waste.


PageMill Fails to Make the French Connection
--------------------------------------------
  by Tonya Engst <[e-mail]>

  Although at least one Japanese reader of the PageMill mailing list
  reported successfully purchasing the electronic version of
  PageMill, the European purchasing situation appears to leave much
  to be desired. Here's the official word from the U.S. branch of
  Adobe, as written to the PageMill mailing list by Kelly, an Adobe
  employee:

  "Here's the scoop on international orders: Adobe has a strong
  European sales organization, and that organization is handling
  PageMill differently, so we're not doing Web sales there to avoid
  competing with ourselves. We also cannot sell to countries that
  the U.S. currently has an embargo with, e.g. Cuba and Libya. When
  you call to place your order, the order center has a list of
  approximately sixty countries that we can't sell to. If you give a
  telephone country code or address in one of those countries, we'll
  be unable to process your order."


**Richard Erickson** <[e-mail]>, who you may
  recall from his recent report on Paris's Apple Expo, wrote a much
  more personal account of the situation:

  Since reading about PageMill in TidBITS-290_, TidBITS-295_, and
  TidBITS-296_, and exchanging a few messages about the release date
  with Ceneca Communications, I have eagerly awaited the release of
  this software.

http://www.adobe.com/Apps/PageMill/

  Then TidBITS-302_ arrived containing the release news. Even
  better, for those of us nine time zones east of California, the
  news contained the hint - nay, the dream - of the future of
  software distribution. Tonya wrote, "People on the list [the
  PageMill mailing list] have reported successfully purchasing the
  electronic version of PageMill from Adobe, though when you
  purchase the electronic version, you must have a fax number so
  Adobe can fax you a special URL, which you then use to download
  the program."

  Aha, I have a fax number, I have plastic numbers, I have a modem,
  and I have a Web browser or Anarchie for an FTP download. What
  could be easier? What's the franc at today - less than 500 for
  $99? Plus 20 francs to the lady who has the fax in her newspaper
  shop just a five minute walk from here. And I have Acrobat Reader;
  I'm set!

  So I copy the Web URL right out of TidBITS, paste it into my Web
  browser and hit Return.

http://www.adobe.com/Apps/PageMill/orderform.html

  My connection is fast because most of America is still asleep. I
  fill out the Web form: name, address, telephone number, fax,
  plastic number, and - at the bottom of the page - I finally get
  to: "At this time, we regretfully cannot accept orders from
  countries in Europe. Please contact your local Authorized Adobe
  Reseller for product availability."

  In France, Adobe has a fairly new thing called Adobe Shop and it
  has the equivalent of an 800 number. When you dial it, a computer
  tells you to press various numbers on your telephone. The result
  was zero. If what you are looking for isn't programmed, you are
  eventually given a non-automatic toll number, and it was busy.
  Later, after waiting 11 minutes (at 73 centimes a unit), I learned
  that the name of the product is known, but Adobe had no
  information about local availability.

  Between calls to Adobe, I called MacZone and MacWarehouse-France,
  but neither had heard of the product. Of course, I _can_ order
  PageMill by phone from a vendor in the U.S., and unless they are
  under some scrupulous restraining order of Adobe's, they will
  ship. But that's _not_ the point. It seemed for a blissful few
  moments that the future of software distribution had arrived - a
  future that said "Ciao!" to airfreight, and that had no store, no
  warehouse, no cash, no paper order, no package, no shrink-wrap, no
  paper manual, and no registration card.

  [In case you missed it last week, here's where to find out more
  about the PageMill mailing list. -Tonya]

http://www.blueworld.com/lists/pagemill-talk/

    Adobe Shop (in France) -- 05 90 86 78 -- 44 131 451 1699 (fax)


Netscape 2.0b2 Available
------------------------
  by Geoff Duncan <[e-mail]>

  Netscape Communications recently made the second beta version of
  Netscape Navigator 2.0 available. This version has several
  enhancements, including fixes for some serious bugs in the first
  beta, improved versions of mail and newsreader windows, and
  preliminary support for LiveScript, Netscape's own scripting
  language. This version also claims to be more stable, offers
  improvements to the bookmarks and address book interfaces, and
  claims to have additional networking improvements for people
  accessing the Internet over a modem. Netscape has assembled a Web
  page listing worldwide mirror sites, so if one site refuses a
  connection, try other nearby sites. This beta edition of Netscape
  Navigator expires 21-Jan-96.

http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/mac/


**What's LiveScript?** This beta features preliminary support for
  LiveScript, Netscape's own scripting language. LiveScript is
  loosely based on Java, but is designed to be more accessible to
  inexperienced programmers. LiveScript is by Netscape's own
  admission "lightweight," which means there are significant
  limitations to what people can do with it. LiveScript is not part
  of any standard specification and (naturally) is only supported in
  Netscape's browsers, which in many estimations makes it yet
  another in a series of non-standard "Netscapisms."

http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_2.0/script/

  What's more, LiveScript isn't finished yet - this is just a
  "preview." Major portions of the language aren't implemented, and
  the available portions are subject to change without notice. Some
  preliminary (and incomplete) information is available online, and
  it provides a glimpse of what Netscape wants to do. One thing that
  makes LiveScript more accessible than Java is that it's a
  "loosely-typed" run-time system. In theory, this makes it more
  akin to HyperTalk than C; however, LiveScript is still
  considerably more obtuse than highly-accessible languages like
  HyperTalk and clearly shows its Unix/C++ roots.

http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_2.0/script/
script_info/index.html

  The basic idea behind LiveScript is that functions can be embedded
  in an HTML page (in a <SCRIPT> tag), and the functions are then
  called when the client detects that certain events have occurred.
  For example, you might use LiveScript to make your Web page play a
  sound in response to a button being clicked, or you might use it
  to verify that a form entry met certain criteria, or (maybe)
  interact with a plug-in or another application. There are many
  potential uses for this sort of functionality, and it's not
  surprising that Netscape has first implemented elements associated
  with forms, buttons, and links. The ability to perform simple
  client-side evaluations and actions with anything from user-
  entered information to results returned from a database-searching
  CGI would be of interest to any number of Web publishers, but
  particularly to folks interested in online ordering and
  transactions. It's no coincidence these are the same folks who
  might be in line to purchase Netscape's server software.


**What Else?** Of course, the biggest notable omission from this
  release of Netscape Navigator is support for Java, which is now
  apparently available for every other Netscape-supported platform.
  Like the previous beta, this version of Navigator is not
  compatible with Open Transport, and though there have been changes
  to Netscape's GIF handling, running on a monochrome system still
  isn't a good idea. Before running this beta, I recommend that you
  look through Netscape's release notes for additional information
  that may affect you.

http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/mac-2.0b2.html


The Internet is In
------------------
  by Adam C. Engst <[e-mail]>

  When Apple introduced its second-generation commercial information
  service, eWorld, the stated goal was to have eWorld eventually
  replace the expensive and aging AppleLink. Apple went so far as to
  reserve AppleLink usernames on eWorld so all Apple employees, many
  of whom rely on AppleLink for internal email, would be able to
  switch to eWorld with a minimum of fuss. Whatever its technical
  achievements or failings, eWorld was the anointed solution for
  Apple and its users.

  As we all know, eWorld hasn't been a shocking failure, but it
  hasn't been a major success. As America Online, using the same
  basic software, has ballooned its user base to a reported four
  million people, eWorld has slowly risen to a few hundred thousand
  users. And lest Apple be singled out for castigation, keep in mind
  The Microsoft Network (MSN) has faced similar problems. After the
  free beta test period ran out, MSN subscribers have been packing
  their bags and leaving at a rate of over 100 per day, according to
  one rumor from the nets.

  These events more or less match with what I thought was going to
  happen. My comment in regard to both was "The world doesn't need
  another CompuServe." For eWorld I qualified that statement,
  because I think Apple had a _chance_ to make eWorld the place to
  find Apple online, and if Apple had managed to offer and encourage
  the use of official tech support on eWorld from the beginning,
  eWorld might have stood a chance in the short term. But in a
  victory for content over style, eWorld's bustling welcome sound
  has never reflected a bustling user community using and
  contributing scads of eWorld-only information. Now it seems MSN
  has learned the same lesson after making many of the same
  mistakes. As one friend who recently dropped MSN after the beta
  test said, "It's a serious ghost town." People don't want to use a
  commercial service these days, they want to use the Internet.

  Apple and Microsoft, as much as they may have ignored that message
  in the past, have gotten it now. MSN's goal has subtly changed
  over the last year or so from being a CompuServe-killer to being a
  commercial information service that doubles as a method of gaining
  full Internet access via tools included with Windows 95. Apple in
  turn has announced eWorld will move toward an Internet-centric
  model. Early indications of this are an increasing number of links
  from within eWorld out to the Web, and in a message on AppleLink,
  Vice President of Apple Internet Services Peter Friedman, said
  "eWorld's next major release, expected in mid-1996, will be
  entirely based on Internet/Open Standards technology (instead of
  its current proprietary technology) and live out on the Internet."

  Perhaps even more telling is that Apple has dumped plans to move
  internal Apple communications from AppleLink onto eWorld. Apple
  has decided instead to move all communications to an Internet-
  based service. This won't happen immediately, of course, but means
  AppleLink's death grip on the tree halfway down the cliff will
  remain strong for some time. It also means Apple will be releasing
  the reserved AppleLink usernames for use by eWorld users. For more
  information on the change, check out the following path on
  AppleLink.

AppleLink HelpDesk -> eWorld Showcase -> eWorld, AppleLink, 'Net Strategy.

  I approve greatly of this move for one simple reason. I don't
  believe that a company - any company - can produce stellar
  Internet products unless all of their employees have access to the
  Internet and use it regularly. Internet familiarity at all levels
  of a company introduces a set of checks and balances on any
  Internet product or service, since it's far more likely internal
  pre-release users and testers will relate to the product or
  service on a consumer level. This, in turn, will hopefully prevent
  some of the sillier product ideas put forth by people who don't
  understand what the Internet is about.

  Large companies often wish to avoid the Internet because of
  support issues, security concerns, and because programs designed
  for Internet communications aren't always as focused as those
  designed for a specific type of internal network. I'd argue,
  though, that any company doing business on the Internet, producing
  Internet products, or in any way skirting the edges of the net
  _must_ encourage Internet familiarity in its employees. Support
  and security concerns are less of an issue these days, as more
  companies release commercial versions of necessary Internet
  clients and as firewall technologies continue to improve. And
  although Internet email and groupware-type programs still tend to
  more generic than their LAN-based brethren, the flexibility
  provided by supporting Internet standards more than makes up for
  it.

  For instance, Apple hasn't said precisely what programs it will
  use to move its communications to "an Internet-based service." But
  think about it. As long as Apple sets up servers that speak SMTP
  and POP for email, Apple employees can choose from a number of
  different alternatives, ranging from Cyberdog to Eudora to Emailer
  to CommuniGate to PowerTalk (since Apple just acquired StarNine's
  Mail*Link for PowerTalk gateway). Other companies in similar
  situations wouldn't have to worry about Mac and PC versions of the
  same LAN email package because there are plenty of Internet
  programs for both platforms, and all of them work with Internet
  standards.

  It remains to be seen how completely or how efficiently Apple
  moves its internal communications infrastructure to the Internet,
  but even the realization such a move is necessary is a large and
  important step. I'm curious to see what specific implementations
  Apple settles on, and I think Apple should publicize to its user
  base how a large company can rely entirely on a combination of
  Apple technology and the Internet for its communications.


Reviews/13-Nov-95
-----------------

* MacWEEK -- 06-Nov-95, Vol. 9, #44
    Radius PressView 17 SR -- pg. 34
    AppleVision 1710AV -- pg. 34
    DiskGuard 1.5 -- pg. 38
    Kensington Mouse -- pg. 39
    Prometheus CyberPhone -- pg. 40


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