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Answer: Cookie, Shopping cart, screwdriver


Background: Apple's main web page currently has a picture of a cookie, a
shopping cart, and a screwdriver, and the text, "Think Different.  Really
Different."  That's all that's there.

>    Many people are wondering what the cookie, shopping cart,
> and screwdriver mean on Apple's web site.
> 
>    As you can guess, the shopping cart and screwdriver mean
> that Apple will start build-to-order operations for Mac
> systems.
> 
>    The cookie signals Apple's purchase of cookie manufacturer
> Keebler.
> 
>    "We've been eyeing the lucrative chocolate chip cookie
> market for some time now," said Apple spokesman Bob Roberts,
> on condition of anonymity.
> 
>    "We expect the Keebler elves to transition to our Cupertino
> campus over the next three months," he added, while munching
> reflectively on a cookie.
> 
>    Apple hopes to follow in Dell's successful footsteps
> seeling cookies over the Internet.
> 
>    "Customers will be able to custom-order any type of
> cookie they wish," said one Apple engineer.  "If you
> want chocolate chips, no problem.  Macademia nuts?  We
> can do that."
> 
>    The Apple engineer added that some contents might settle
> during shipping.
> 
>    Apple's foray into the cookie market was met by surprise
> from some analysts.
> 
>    "Apple hopes to rejuvenate its corporate image through
> the purchase of Keebler, a respected cookie company," said
> one analyst. "Can they do it?  I don't know.  They clearly
> didn't have success with their attempt at manufacturing
> flour, but cookies?  That's definitely a growth market."
> 
>    Other computer companies have had a mixed reaction.
> Sun Microsystems released an official statement declaring
> that cookies go well with Java, especially when dipped.
> A Microsoft official said his company was considering
> incorporating cookies directly into the Windows operating
> system.
> 
> - Scott

-- 
Eric Bennett ( [email protected] ; http://www.pobox.com/~ericb )
Cornell University

Microsoft now has the ability to virtually annihilate any competitive product it wants by bringing it into the next version of Windows. There's evidence that they are aggressively seeking to extend that monopoly to the Internet, and policy makers have to be concerned about it.  Congress has to strengthen the antitrust laws from time to time, and this could be one of those times. 
- Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
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