![]() Lighting was good, air conditioning was also good, and everything was going according to plan. The Media people were all in the left area of the room, next to the VIPs, and after half an hour everyone in the room was already sit, all 3,500 of us. ![]() At around 9:30 AM the gates opened, and they let us into the auditorium, where the keynote would take place. I waved to Steve Sakoman from a distance (the Newton & the BeBox architect was at Be/PalmSource before he got back to Apple a few months ago after 13 years) and saw a few well known journalists in the tech area. We got there (myself and my friend, ’s Jill Ratkevic) quite early so we got through the media registration on time (thankfully they let me in, as they couldn’t find my name on their list, while I was already pre-registered via the Apple PR!!) and then we spoke to a few Apple people around. But here is a wrap up of the first day of the conference and a commentary on what Apple really announced yesterday, underneath its surrounding distortion field. You all heard by now what’s new in yesterday’s press releases and news coverings. But I would have expected nothing less from a 4 billion tech company who had the need to catch up with the “other” platform, the 32-bit PC. I was happy to see Apple moving on and deliver. Am I impressed? The answer is complicated. I was present at Apple’s WWDC yesterday and witnessed one of the historical moments in Apple’s history, the introduction of their 64-bit platform.
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