The Macintosh received an unexpected supporter last week in the form of the U.S. Army, which has switched its home page Web server from Windows NT to the Mac OS running WebSTAR. Also, Jerry Kindall sees only smoke surrounding a recent controversy about Unisys charging Web site owners for use of the GIF format. We also note updates to QuickTime and Adobe GoLive, and look at a practical way to talk back to Apple: the annual Bash Apple session at MacHack.

Topics:

• MailBITS/13-Sep-99
• U.S. Army Moves to Mac OS-based WebSTAR
• GIF Licensing Controversy
• Talking Back to Apple at MacHack

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