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Linked List: October 4, 2005

Tuesday, 4 October 2005

Brent Simmons on the NewsGator Deal ★

Brent Simmons:

[…] NetNewsWire users are asking for syncing features that NewsGator already has, and so we can make that happen in NetNewsWire.

And NetNewsWire users deserve a product with more resources behind it. If my time can be freed up so I can spend lots more time working on new features (and bug fixes!) then that’s good all around.

Apple to Hold Special Event Next Week ★

They offer no clue as to what it’s about, but my guess is that it’s new iPods. I just can’t see Apple heading into Christmas selling regular iPods that are more or less the same as last year’s. And here’s what the event invitations look like.

NewsGator Acquires NetNewsWire ★

Terrific Q&A interview with Brent Simmons and NewsGator’s Greg Reinacker, explaining the deal. I’ll have more to say on this later, but as my quote in the press release announcing the deal indicates, I think this deal will mean good things for NetNewsWire users.