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On Second Thought... (4/22/98)
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And of course the other biggish news that came out of the shareholders' meeting was that Apple and Intuit plan a joint announcement next week to address Intuit's commitment (or lack thereof) to the Macintosh platform. Apparently all the dust that was kicked up following Intuit's decision to halt Mac Quicken development has gotten people's attention. A Bloomberg News article addresses the possible flip-flop.

The press had a field day with the irony inherent in Intuit's recent decision-- given the fact that Intuit's CEO Bill Campbell is an Apple board member. Campbell was present at the shareholders' meeting, where Steve Jobs announced that he and Campbell had "discussed" Intuit's decision, and the result is the announcement of a "joint partnership" sometime next week. "We'll show a commitment to the Mac platform," says Campbell.

We'd sure love to have been privy to that "discussion" between Bill and Steve. (Suppose anything got thrown?) But we're glad to hear that Intuit may be returning to the Mac fold, by hook or by crook-- and we're especially glad to hear Jobs admit that Apple's been less than diligent about maintaining their relationship with Intuit. If Apple finally realizes that it needs to improve its relationships with developers in order to prevent software "defection" and the resulting market share shrinkage, they may have a good shot at building a solid foundation for a real platform comeback.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 4/22/98 episode:

April 22, 1998: Steve Jobs is not thrown off the board, as he tells the shareholders to wait for a push into the consumer market this fall. Meanwhile, backlash on the Quicken scandal (and the insidious influence of Steve Jobs) force Intuit to reconsider their recent decision...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 650: "Stay Tuned" (4/22/98)   The annual shareholders' meeting has come and gone, and Steve Jobs' primary message still seems to be "just wait." (Seems like we've all been hearing that forever.) But given that the shareholders voted Jobs to remain on the board, they appear willing to wait a bit longer...

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