[IP] more on highly annoyed Apple user

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Chris Gulker <cg@gulker.com>
Date: May 13, 2006 11:54:51 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: ip@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on highly annoyed Apple user

Dave,

Ole is right: Apple moved its software buiness model to subscription  
some years ago, without really saying as much. Every 12 to 18 or so  
months there's a new version of OS X, QT, iLife apps et al. and the  
price is relatively modest (compared to Microsoft anyway), with no  
upgrade pricing (except for their high-end video apps which are more  
traditionally priced, I think) . So newcomers get a deal (come on in,  
Switchers), and long-time users get pricing that's similar to upgrade  
prices for mainline apps like Office.

In the years after I left Apple, I noted that Apple's annual software  
sales and  profit were very similar numbers: if they sold $300  
million in software, annual profit was around $300 mil. Shareholders  
are probably happy that Apple is still able to command significant  
high-margin software revenue: Mac users may be less happy about the  
arrangement... especially when Apple offers the new version as a  
'security patch.'

Chris

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Chris Gulker
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On May 13, 2006, at 2:31 PM, David Farber wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com>
> Date: May 13, 2006 11:37:16 AM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] highly annoyed Apple user
> Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com>
>
> Dave,
>
> You didn't read the fine print:
>
> "Important notice to QuickTime Pro users
>
> Installation of QuickTime 7 and later will disable the QuickTime Pro
> functionality in prior versions of QuickTime, such as QuickTime 5 or
> QuickTime 6.  If you proceed with this installation, you must  
> purchase a
> new QuickTime 7 Pro registration code to regain QuickTime Pro
> functionality.  After installation, visit www.apple.com/quicktime to
> purchase a QuickTime 7 Pro registration code."
>
> If you already paid for QT 7, you're good to go, otherwise you need  
> to pay
> the upgrade price. Nothing unusual here.
>
>
>
> Ole J. Jacobsen
> Editor and Publisher,  The Internet Protocol Journal
> Cisco Systems
> Tel: +1 408-527-8972   GSM: +1 415-370-4628
> E-mail: ole@cisco.com  URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj
>
>
>
> On Sat, 13 May 2006, David Farber wrote:
>
> > Apple announced a security fix for Quicktime. When you load it, you
> > have to go to Apple and pay for QT Pro again if you used  to have it.
> >
> > RIPOFF!!!!!!
> >
> > Dave
> >
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