As the Apple Turns: Scene 649: The Quicken Conspiracy (4/21/98)

The Quicken Conspiracy (4/21/98)

Following Intuit's recent announcement that they are halting further development of Quicken for the Macintosh, we've received a ton of feedback from faithful viewers with varying perspectives on the issue. Most claimed that Quicken is so bug-ridden, it's no wonder sales are down. Others stated quite simply that Quicken is a "killer app," and losing it on the Mac side is a serious blow to the platform.

Since we at AtAT don't use Quicken, we don't personally bemoan its fate, though the implications for the Mac platform do worry us a bit. What we find particularly interesting, though, is how Intuit claimed as recently as three months ago that Quicken was "selling like hotcakes," but now justifies its move to cease development by pointing to three years of declining sales. (MacNN has a Quicktime movie from MacWorld Expo SF '98 which contains the "hotcakes" reference.)

So whom are we to believe-- Intuit from three months ago, or Intuit today? What are the real reasons behind the shelving of Mac Quicken? Who stood to gain? And what happened to the missing 18 frames from that Quicktime footage? You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. Whoops, time for our medication... more on this as it develops.

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The above scene was taken from the 4/21/98 episode:

April 21, 1998: A couple more big Washington names jump on the Microsoft pig pile. Meanwhile, PC Week confirms that the G3 has nothing to fear from the 400 MHz Pentium II, and forgotten film footage from three whole months ago undercuts Intuit's claimed reason for ending Mac Quicken development...

Other scenes from that episode:

647: The Resistance Grows (4/21/98) According to a Philadelphia Enquirer article, Microsoft continues to accumulate some high-profile enemies in the antitrust war. Their latest celebrity detractors include Robert Bork (whom you may remember from his Supreme Court nomination several years back) and former senator Bob Dole...
648: Still Out In Front (4/21/98) AtAT's received several worried queries from faithful viewers who wanted to know if the new 400 MHz Pentium II processor eliminates the current PowerPC performance lead. The answer, of course, depends on your point of view...

Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast...


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