From 2005 at BoingBoing, this article explores the Sosumi system sound thought to be a punny reference to the phrase "So Sue Me". True? False? Here is the answer from the source.

"Jim Reekes was the engineer on Apple Sound Manager for System 7, and he created the Sosumi sound -- so I asked him to set the record straight. Here's the Wikipedia entry (which is now being updated), and here's Jim's reply to Boing Boing readers!"

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Early Apple Sound Designer Jim Reekes Corrects Sosumi Myth

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The September 26-30 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Gassée Resigns, Amelio Out".

September 26-30: Gassée Resigns, Amelio Out

In this article, published in 1997 at TidBITS, Adam C. Engst gives his views on the purchase of NeXT by Apple. It begins:
"On Friday, December 20th, we were packing up for Christmas vacation when the rumors of Apple buying NeXT started in earnest. By evening, when rumors coalesced into reality with an Apple-organized press conference, we were eating dinner and leaving for the airport. Luckily, Apple failed (as usual) to invite TidBITS to participate in the conference via telephone - otherwise, we would have had to rush dinner and packing to make our flight. However, information about the deal wasn't hard to come by, and keeping up with email over Christmas provided plenty of thoughts about the acquisition, some founded in solid fact, others rife with bilious opinion. I anticipate the big question at this week's Macworld Expo will be "What do you think about the NeXT deal?" Here are my thoughts."

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The NeXT Thing for Apple

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The September 19-25 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Apple Sues Jobs, Mac Licensing Begins".

September 19-25: Apple Sues Jobs, Mac Licensing Begins

From TidBITS #24, October 1990 - The new Macs are coming!
"In an effort to compete in the low and mid-range computer market, Apple officially announced three new Macs, the Mac Classic, Mac LC, and Mac IIsi. For those who read the industry press, the announcement had few surprises, but those not up on the details may appreciate a run down of the specifications for these new machines. All of the new Macs should ship with System 6.0.7. According to Apple rep George Cooke, Macs shipped with System 6.0.6 in their boxes should have the system replaced before they are sold due to a few bugs that should be fixed in 6.0.7. All of the new Macs come with just one SuperDrive and the System software comes on 1.44 meg disks."

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New Mac Attack

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The September 12-18 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "NEXTSTEP, NeXT Slab, Steve Jobs iCEO".

September 12-18: NEXTSTEP, NeXT Slab, Steve Jobs iCEO

A 1984 article by Steven Levy, a columnist for Rolling Stone and Popular Computing. From Aratiarchives.org, it was originally published in the book "Digital Deli".

"When it came time to buy a computer, I was the most sincere of advice-seekers. I would ask anybody. And I got all sorts of answers, every one of them appended with a warning that if I didn't heed that particular suggestion I'd be miserable for an entire generation of technology.
I listened to the answers. I made notes. And finally I sought a consultant who would sell me a computer and show me how to use it. The moment I knew this one consultant was right for me was when he announced his choice for my computer: an Apple II Plus. Because in my heart I never really wanted anything else."

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The Apple of My Eye

The August, 2006 issue of the A2 News and Notes Newsletter for Apple II fans has been posted by Howard Katz!
This issue:
* Old Computer, New Clone
* Phoenix Wings
* Solid-State Work
* Another Anniversary
* We're Number 1!
* Prairie Home Changeover
* Plug In, Tune Out?
* Hacking Around
* File Storage
* Software News
* Emulation News
* SignOff

A2 News and Notes

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The September 1-11 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Power Bought, OS X On All New Macs".

September 1-11: Power Bought, OS X On All New Macs