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To: Dorine Essey who wrote (12187)	4/25/1998 11:54:00 AM
From: Linda Kaplan	Respond to of 213186

Dorine, This is the thing. Jobs already announced that he will have a joint announcement with Intuit. Intuit's CEO is an ex-Apple employee of long standing who is now on the Apple board. It doesn't make sense for Apple to ally with a competitor to Intuit unless Jobs fails to arrive at a good bribe for Intuit. The loss of Intuit's product is a serious blow and the best way to arrest the damage is to get Intuit's product back. If we don't we could also lose MacInTax and will certainly lose Campbell from the board. In addition, Microsoft just gave us Office, which is purported to be a great box, an excellent effort. I don't know if they have the energy to give the Mac another superior product. Also, the Mac community is still predominantly negative about Microsoft despite the recent detente, so many will automatically say "no" as a reflex. When I attended the keynote in the August when Jobs announced the alliance with Microsoft the "boos" in the audience were loud, long and sincere. It was truly frightening to see Bill Gates' face appear above us on a huge screen. I think the Maccers would like to keep the alliance in as modest an arena as possible. Linda

To: Dorine Essey who wrote (12187)	4/25/1998 3:14:00 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213186

A couple of days ago, when Intuit said they would NO longer update for the MAC. I questioned that perhaps MICROSOFT Money would be used instead!!!! Well the answers I got back, were so negative. If MS is releasing MS products at these meetings starting the end of April, than why not also MS Money??? More specifically, Intuit said they would not be updating Quicken this fall but may do so in the future as the need arises. Intuit seems to think that we all need an upgrade to Quicken every year, when that simply isn't the case. Obviously, the far greater numbers of Windows users will support such lunacy, but the smaller Mac market will not. I'm using Quicken 6 now and am perfectly happy with it. I see no reason to upgrade now. I do agree it could be a harbinger of things to come, but Steve Jobs addressed this at the shareholders meeting and said there would be a joint Apple/Intuit press release next week. Hop on over to MacCentral for an interview with Adam Samuels, an Intuit spokesperson, where he clarifies these facts: maccentral.com