As the Apple Turns: Scene 688: Common Sense Prevails (5/9/98)

Common Sense Prevails (5/9/98)

See? Making noise really can make a difference. MacInTouch reports that, following the massively negative feedback about Apple's Quicktime 3 licensing scheme, Apple plans to revise the Software Distribution Agreement to make the terms a little more palatable for licensees and end-users alike. A letter from Apple's Quicktime Evangelist outlines the coming changes to the agreement, due by the end of the month.

Originally, the Quicktime distribution license required that developers pay $1 per copy to include the Quicktime installer with their software. For developers who wanted or needed to waive that fee, there was the option of making their application place a "Get Quicktime Pro" ad movie on the end-user's desktop every time the application was run. This was universally decried as ridiculously restrictive and almost spam-like, by developers and users alike. Happily, Apple's regained their senses and the new agreement will require only that the application's installer run the Quicktime 3 installer, which will place the ad on the user's desktop.

Developers can continue to pay $1 per copy and instead include a Quicktime 3 installer that doesn't install the ad; they can also pay $2 per copy and install Quicktime Pro. Suddenly, the options make much more sense, and we're glad that Apple isn't oblivious to universal outrage.

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The above scene was taken from the 5/9/98 episode:

May 9, 1998: Apple's temporary bout of brain fever subsides, and a Quicktime distribution scheme that actually makes sense emerges after the recovery. Meanwhile, someone leaked something about a "Mac OS 2000," and Microsoft continues to lead the pack when it comes to brazen spin control...

Other scenes from that episode:

689: Loose Lips Sink Ships (5/9/98) It's funny where little facts can leak out. Mac OS Rumors reports that Apple's web page listing Worldwide Developer Conference courses contains some interesting references to something called "Mac OS 2000," which Rumors suggests refers to the product of the operating system convergence project...
690: We Meant To Do That (5/9/98) Sometimes it's all in the way you spin things, and Microsoft is the uncontested master of shameless positive spin. The most recent example may be the FrontPage 98 bug which allows a user to delete his or her entire hard disk from within the FrontPage program itself; Microsoft has seen fit to describe this behavior as a "feature."...

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