Get yer fake Apple keynote, from Wikipedia

Want to read what would almost be a Steve Jobs keynote outline? Head over to Wikipedia. Or don't, as it ain't the real thing

The usual excitement ahead of Macworld; and this time to add to all the fun, there's been a fake keynote leaked (though not, it seems, by Fake Steve Jobs, even though he's going to be at Macworld blogging Real Steve Jobs's Real-ity Distortion Field).

The outline seems to have taken in Pocket-lint and even Steve Rubel, but as Techcrunch points out, it's missing essential elements such as Microsoft Office 2008 (d'oh!) and any mention of DRM.

(Rubel says

So come back tomorrow and then either a) we'll talk more about what this all means or b) ya'll make fun of me for being gullible and believing stuff on Wikipedia

Can we start now, Steve?

Oh, the Wikipedia page, including criticisms. (Not that this is a criticism of Wikipedia; it's a repository for content, even completely made-up content, at times. In this case, for a very short time.)

Anyway, for a reminder of the process that goes into a Steve Jobs keynote, refresh yourselves with Behind the magic curtain, by Mike Evangelist, who was for some years in charge of Apple's DVD-making software:

On the day before showtime, things get much more structured, with at least one and sometimes two complete dress rehearsals. Any non-Apple presenters in the keynote take part on the second day (although they cannot be in the room while the secret parts - the unveiling of hot ticket hardware such as a new iPod or laptop - are being rehearsed.) Throughout it all Steve is extremely focused. While we were in that room, all his energy was directed at making this keynote the perfect embodiment of Apple's messages. Steve doesn't give up much of his personality even in rehearsals. He is strictly business, most of the time.