Apple Cancels Apple Expo 2001

Ziploc writes: "Apple today announced the cancellation of Apple Expo 2001, which was scheduled to take place at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, from September 26th to 30th, 2001. See the press release here."

Apple donates $1M and iBooks

[LordNimon]

From MacCentral [macworld.com]: An Apple spokesperson confirmed for MacCentral today the company would donate $1 million dollars to the families of rescue workers that lost their lives in the attacks on two American cities last week.

Apple will also be donating an iBook to each of these families with children.

Jobs's full letter to employees

[HerrNewton]

Snagged from Macnn.com:

Message from Steve

From: Steve Jobs
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 07:12:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Message from Steve

Team,

Last week's devastating and tragic events have touched everyone at
Apple. We are all grieving for the victims and their families.
Thankfully, no Apple team members were among them. I know many of
you have taken time to support various relief efforts, give blood,
and support those around you. We all appreciate your extra efforts
to do so.

I want to let you know that Apple is donating one million dollars to
the families of the firefighters, police and other emergency
response personnel who lost their lives, through the American Red
Cross Disaster Relief Fund. In addition, we will donate one iBook to
each of these families with children this holiday season.

Also, today we are announcing the cancellation of Apple Expo 2001,
which was scheduled to take place in Paris on September 26-30. We
are very sorry to disappoint our customers and developers, but their
safety must be our primary concern at this time. Apple is a very
visible American company, and having a highly publicized event at
this time would be irresponsible.

We are also taking extra precautions to insure our safety. Apple
security will remain on heightened alert at all our facilities
around the world for the foreseeable future. Please immediately
report any suspicious events or personnel to security.

It's going to take time for the world to return to "normal", and
some things will never return to the way they were. The next few
months may be rocky. Please take the time you need for your
families, and please lean on one another. Together, we will all get
through this.

I want to commend everyone for their efforts throughout this
difficult time. As always, I am very proud of this team.

Steve

The O'Reilly P2P Conference also.

[wiredog]

Info here [oreilly.com]. It was going to be here in DC next week, and I imagine most of the attendees were flying into National Airport, which is closed indefinitely.