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Estações WinIntel Expulsas da MacWorld
Por R.H.F.
Segunda-feira, 11 de Janeiro de 1999

Os responsáveis pela organização da MacWorld Expo'99 impediram o fabricante de estações de
trabalho Intergraph de expor no seu "stand" computadores baseados em processadores Intel. A
Intergraph, cujo "stand" se situava perto do da Apple, tencionava demonstrar uma nova estação
de trabalho baseadas no Xeon a 400 e 450 MHz, correndo o Windows NT da Microsoft. "Não
foi eticamente correcto da parte deles virem a uma exposição de Macintosh tentar atrair os
visitantes para a plataforma NT. Eles tinham sido avisados. A culpa não é nossa", defendeu
Colin Crawford, presidente da MacWorld Expo, uma divisão da IDG Expo. Segundo a
"Computer Reseller News", no entanto, um responsável da IDG que pediu para não ser
identificado garantiu que a Intergraph seria indemnizada por ter sido obrigada a retirar-se.


O que eu escrevi:

Caro R.H.F.,

Na última edição do computadores, num pequeno texto com o título: Estações WinIntel Expulsas da MacWorld, (http://www.publico.pt/publico/1999/01/11/Computadores/TI02CX01.html ) afirma-se, entre outra coisas que a Intergraph foi obrigada a abandonar a MacWorld por querer apresentar estações NT na exposição.
Afinal, parece que isso não era verdade, a julgar pela declaração de uma das pessoas citadas, Colin Crawford. Ver "Mac Pub CEO denies Intergraph black-list rumors" em (http://macweek.zdnet.com/1999/01/10/intergraph.html) e (http://macweek.zdnet.com/1999/01/10/intergraph_pr.html) onde, entre outras coisas se pode ler que, afinal, A INTERGRAPH ESTEVE PRESENTE na Macworld.
De acordo com o livro de estilo do Público e a deontologia profissional do jornalista nenhuma notícia deve ser publicada sem ser confirmada. Cito apenas uma pequena parte da introdução :"O rigor de uma informação completa e fundamentada — sobre factos e não sobre rumores —, a imparcialidade da atitude jornalística, a correcção, clareza e concisão da escrita são, para o PÚBLICO, regras essenciais." ver (http://bill.publico.pt/nos/livro_estilo/paginas/le04_introducao.htm)

Obrigado,

Paulo Rocha

A "notícia original" em (http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990106S0008)

Macworld Expo Touchy About NT Exhibits
(01/06/99, 3:28 p.m. ET)
By David Richards, Computer Reseller News

SAN FRANCISCO -- The organizers of Macworld Expo, held here,
have stopped workstation manufacturer Intergraph Computer Systems
from displaying Intel-based systems at its booth.

Intergraph, whose booth is located next to Apple's on the show floor,
was set to demonstrate new Intel Xeon workstations running at
400-MHz and 450-MHz chips on Microsoft Windows NT-based
multiprocessor workstations.

Sources said this conflicted with Apple's focus on its next-generation
family of Macintosh G3 desktop systems, which are designed to
compete with NT machines.

"We warned Intergraph prior to arriving that they could only run a
Mac-clone environment running off an Intergraph Windows NT
server," said Colin Crawford, president and CEO of Macworld Expo,
a unit of IDG Expo Management Company. "What they turned up with
was Windows NT workstations expecting to run them in a Mac-only
environment. This was a sensitive issue: Apple didn't want it, I didn't
want it, and we had to negotiate on it."

"It was unethical of them to turn up at a Mac function trying to woo
Mac people to a Windows NT platform," Crawford added. "They were
warned and now they have been banned. It is not our fault." IDG
refused to comment.

But an IDG insider who asked not to be named said Intergraph would
be compensated for having to leave because IDG feared a lawsuit. The
source also said IDG enforced a clause in the contract that gave IDG
the right to remove from Macworld anyone it deemed wasn't acting in
the interest of the event. During his keynote Tuesday, Apple interim
CEO Steve Jobs boasted about a powerful new 400-MHz G3
workstation, comparing it to an Intel-based workstation similar to what
Intergraph was planning to demonstrate.

An Intergraph employee, who asked not to be identified, was skeptical
about Jobs' demo.

"I would like to run the demo again on our systems, this time running
ours or SGI's [Silicon Graphics Inc.] proprietary accelerator cards,"
the Intergraph employee said. When asked whether it was good
business sense to market NT workstations to Mac users, Macworld's
Crawford said, "It may be smart in their eyes, but I think it is plain
dumb at a Mac function. I was under pressure from Apple, and we had
to act."

O que escreve o site Macintouch (http://www.macintouch.com/)

Mac Publishing CEO Colin Crawford says that a TechWeb story about Intergraph being kicked out of MacWorld Expo was "just plain wrong", and MacWEEK has a statement with more details about the error. (Crawford confirmed to us that Intergraph did have a booth of its own at the show and did exhibit its products in that booth, as well as in other booths.)


O que escreve a MacWeek: (http://macweek.zdnet.com/1999/01/10/intergraph.html)

Monday, January 11, 1999

Mac Pub CEO denies Intergraph black-list rumors

By Matthew Rothenberg

Mac Publishing LLC CEO Colin Crawford stepped forward Monday to quash rumors that Intergraph Computer Systems was kicked out of last week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco.

"Intergraph Computer Systems was a welcomed exhibitor and participated in the Macworld Expo, January 5 to 8," Crawford said in a prepared statement. "Their exhibit was in complete compliance with the IDG/Macworld Expo show guidelines.

"Intergraph Computer Systems, IDG Show Management and myself have always worked well together to deliver access to the latest computing technology which complements the Macintosh user's experience. We look forward to working together in the future." Rumors had circulated that Intergraph had been barred from exhibiting its Windows NT-based systems at the Mac-focused show, but, according to Crawford, "Intergraph has been a friend to Macworld and has done an above-board, professional job of presenting its MacFriendly NT solutions to this audience. I have a great deal of respect for their organization and the efforts they have made to support the Mac environment."

Macworld Expo is produced by IDG Expo Management and co-sponsored by Mac Publishing, which publishes MacWEEK.com as well as Macworld, eMediaweekly and iMacworld.

Additional reading: Full text of Intergraph's news release


O que escreve a intergraph: (http://macweek.zdnet.com/1999/01/10/intergraph_pr.html)

Media Advisory

Colin Crawford Affirms Intergraph Computer Systems Participation at Macworld '99 San Francisco

HUNTSVILLE, AL, Jan. 11,1999 — Colin Crawford, President / CEO Macworld Magazine, officially stated today that rumors of Intergraph Computer Systems being 'kicked-out' of Macworld Expo. were completely untrue.

"Intergraph Computer Systems' (booth #1817), was a welcomed exhibitor and participated in the Macworld Expo, January 5-8, 1999. Their exhibit was in complete compliance with the IDG/Macworld Expo show guidelines," stated Crawford. "Intergraph Computer Systems, IDG Show Management, and myself have always worked well together to deliver access to the latest computing technology which complements the Macintosh user's experience. We look forward to working together in the future."

Crawford added, "Intergraph has been a friend to Macworld and has done an above-board, professional job of presenting its MacFriendly NT solutions to this audience.
I have a great deal of respect for their organization and the efforts they have made to support the Mac environment."

"This is the third Macworld for Intergraph Computer Systems and a good forum for demonstrating our MacFriendly(TM) solutions. Our team grew up in the Mac culture and are very familiar and sensitive to the issues Mac users face," said Bruce Sholes, executive director, Intergraph Computer Systems, Publishing and Prepress Division. "We focus on the integration of our NT systems and the Mac in one environment. Hence, our message has always been and still is integration, not migration.
We appreciate the support of Macworld and the IDG show organizers in facilitating our presence in Macworld publications and events. "

Intergraph featured its MacFriendly solutions, including workstations and servers, for seamless Mac and NT connectivity at Macworld and demonstrated Macintosh-based systems networked to Intergraph's Windows NT-based InterServe(R) servers in a series of hands-on workshops. Intergraph's MacFriendly TDZ(R) 2000 ViZual Workstations were featured in a number of third party vendor booths throughout the exhibit floor including Miramar, MetaCreations, Canto, Macromedia, Digital Studio (art gallery), and Media4.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Marla Robinson, Media Relations (256)730-1813 or [email protected]

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

12 de Janeiro

Para começar aqui estão os e-mail enviados ao Público na sequência de uma página sobre a apresentação dos novos Macs que decorreu no dia 5 em São Francisco na MacWorld 99.

O primeiro artigo é, globalmente, bem feito, apesar das incorrecções, só é pena que não falar do Mac OS X Server, preferindo referir o filme com uma imitação do computador HAl do filme 2001 Odisseia no Espaço que diz que o Steve tem com ele um belo computador mas não referindo, por exemplo, que o filme começava com o HAL a dizer que a culpa do bug do ano 2000 tinha sido dos PCs e que nós nos Macs não tinhamos tido problemas desses. Preferiram a forma ao contúdo, se calhar o Mac OS X Server mete medo demais para se falar nele...

Se quiser ver o quicktime referido clique aqui. É necessário o Quicktime 3.0

É especialmente pelo segundo e-mail, acerca de uma pequena caixa do artigo principal, destacada a outra cor, que se prepétuam os mitos e os preconceitos contra os Macintosh e os seus utilizadores.

Na referida caixa, dá-se a "notícia" de que a Intergraph, fabricante de, entre outras coisas, estações de trabalho utilizando o Windows NT, tinha sido expulsa da Macworld devido a pressões da Apple que não queria concorrência e que a Intergraph teria de ser compensada, etc. Afinal, engravidaram pelo ouvido, porque tratavam-se de rumores e a Intergraph esteve, de facto, presente na exposição...

Mas aqui ficam os e-mails enviados, estejam à vontade caso queiram fazer vossas as minhas letras... ; - )

Caros Srs SNVS e Público,

No vosso artigo"As novas cores do iMac" que se apresenta basicamente correcto há
todavia quatro passagens que requerem ujma correcção.
1) o processador dos novos iMac é a 266MHz.
2) o processador dos novos G3 vai de 300Mhz a 400Mhz passando por 350MHz e o
preço apresentado é justamente para o modelo a 300MHz.
3) o preço dos novos Macs está disponível há uns das nas diversas AppleStore europeias,
com preços em Euros, iguais para toda a europa, bem, pelo menos para a europa que tem
euros e representações oficiais da Apple. Vejam por favor a página
ProMac em http://www.interacesso.pt/web/pauloroc/
4) o preço dos VGS (emulação da PlayStation) custa 49 dólares. Ver www.connectix.com

Obrigado,

Paulo Rocha

Cara R.H.F.,

Na última edição do computadores, num pequeno texto com o título: Estações WinIntel Expulsas da MacWorld, (http://www.publico.pt/publico/1999/01/11/Computadores/TI02CX01.html ) afirma-se, entre outra coisas que a Intergraph foi obrigada a abandonar a MacWorld por querer apresentar estações NT na exposição.
Afinal, parece que isso não era verdade, a julgar pela declaração de uma das pessoas citadas, Colin Crawford. Ver "Mac Pub CEO denies Intergraph black-list rumors" em (http://macweek.zdnet.com/1999/01/10/intergraph.html) e (http://macweek.zdnet.com/1999/01/10/intergraph_pr.html) onde, entre outras coisas se pode ler que, afinal, A INTERGRAPH ESTEVE PRESENTE na Macworld.
De acordo com o livro de estilo do Público e a deontologia profissional do jornalista nenhuma notícia deve ser publicada sem ser confirmada. Cito apenas uma pequena parte da introdução :"O rigor de uma informação completa e fundamentada — sobre factos e não sobre rumores —, a imparcialidade da atitude jornalística, a correcção, clareza e concisão da escrita são, para o PÚBLICO, regras essenciais." ver (http://bill.publico.pt/nos/livro_estilo/paginas/le04_introducao.htm)

Obrigado,

Paulo Rocha