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By Andrew Gore and Lisa Picarille Cupertino, Calif. - Apple last week launched the first phase of its Software Access Initiative, a program designed to boost the fortunes of Mac […]

By Lisa Picarille San Francisco -- As operating systems become more complex and more valuable, OS developers are rethinking their traditional methods of distributing the sophisticated system software. Increasing OS […]

Ingram, Tech Data nearly fill 150 quota San Francisco -- Ingram Micro Inc. of Santa Ana, Calif., and Tech Data Corp. of Clearwater, Fla., are neck-in-neck in the race to […]

System extensions to take retail route By Andrew Gore Napa, Calif. -- Apple may soon rank with companies like The Sharper Image as a vendor of nifty technology through catalogs, […]

Netscape Communications Corp. last week made its Netscape Navigator products and Netscape Communicator Standard Edition 4.0 free. The company also said it will post the source code for its upcoming […]

Technologies Plus Inc. in June shipped Access Accounts, a modular client-server accounting system. The product had previously been available only in the United Kingdom, from Access Accounting Ltd. of Colchester, […]

Digital Stock Corp. of Solana Beach, Calif., recently released several new collections of stock photographs, as well as a new catalog disc that previews 7,000 of the company's images. Each […]

CE Software Inc. this month announced it will offer Post.Office, Software.com Inc.'s Internet mail server, to QuickMail users. CE's QuickMail Pro is a Post Office Protocol 3 (POP 3) e-mail […]

Generators of QuickTime VR content have long been frustrated by the necessity of writing scripts for Macintosh Programmer's Workshop as part of the QuickTime VR Authoring Tools Suite. Now, a […]

Promoting awareness of the mail-order channel and taking better advantage of CD-ROM are important steps Apple can take, in the near term and at modest cost, to combat the perception […]

Apple last month delayed the online availability of Version 2.1 of Apple Remote Access, citing what it called an "engineering resources" problem. The company said the free update should be […]

Monotype Typography Inc. of Chicago in February became the sole U.S. distributor of digital fonts from Netherlands-based Dutch Type Library. The DTL fonts are available for $125 per style. Monotype […]

In these times of razor-thin margins, quarterly losses and management turnover, Apple needs more ideas to generate revenue. One option the company should consider is charging for general system software […]

As predicted by Claris Corp. bigwigs last summer, the production company recently took over the sales and distribution of Apple-branded software. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Claris said it will handle the […]

As part of its strategy to make QuickTime a cross-platform standard, Apple has begun selling its Macintosh and Windows versions of QuickTime for $9.95 over the Internet using an innovative […]

Last week Datawatch Corp. assumed a new role: the sole U.S. distributor of netOctopus, the Mac-based network management software from Germany. Datawatch, which develops the Virex anti-virus utility for Macs, […]

A new distribution scheme from Graphisoft U.S. Inc. makes using the company's ArchiCAD architecture design application more like taking a taxi and less like buying a car. The program, which […]

Apple earlier this month signed an agreement with ZiffNet, allowing the on-line content arm of Ziff Communications Co. to distribute QuickTime 2.0 via commercial on-line services. Starting Oct. 24, both […]

Connectix Corp. and Apple recently announced two deals that tie Connectix's utility software to specific Macs. Through a licensing agreement finalized this month, both companies will distribute the newly completed […]

Filling the gap created when the Software Frameworks Association disbanded in August, MacTech magazine publisher Xplain Corp. has taken over distribution of three MacApp development tools from the support organization. […]

Software distribution is going to change. Certainly not this year and maybe not the next, but it will change much sooner than you think. When it does, you can forget […]

The recent Macworld Expo allowed me the luxury of face-to-face meetings with many Mac managers I normally communicate with only by phone or electronic mail. And your top concern with […]

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple next month will open shop as a third-party distributor when it ships a CD-ROM of applications, including games and spreadsheets. Software Dispatch, to be managed by […]

Cupertino, Calif. - Helios USA, developer of the EtherShare Unix-based Macintosh file server, has acquired U.S. distribution rights for the netOctopus resource-management system from its German developer. netOctopus from Pole […]

Woodland Hills, Calif. - Users of MacIntercomm can take heart that the telecommunications package, briefly abandoned by its developer, has found a new life with New World Computing Inc. New […]

Santa Ana, Calif. - Ingram Micro Inc. last week announced the creation of a new division to sell third-party software on CD-ROMs and other media. Ingram Micro Technology Services will […]

Dublin, Ireland - With some financial help from the Irish government, Iona Software Ltd. is bringing U.S. software to European Mac users. Iona will initially distribute localized software in 10 […]

By Ian G. Jacobs Frenchs Forest, Australia - Uniloc Corp. has unveiled a distribution plan that could provide a blueprint for the way users buy shareware and software from small […]

By Matthew Rothenberg Cupertino, Calif. - MADA, the association of object-oriented programmers, is going into the publishing business with a new development environment imported from Scandinavia. The group announced last […]

Cupertino, Calif. - A month after System 7.1 shipped, most Macs, except Apple's new CPUs, still come with the older System 7.0.1 installed, and purchasers must pay $34.95 to upgrade […]

By Kirsten L. Parkinson San Francisco - Is CD-ROM the software-distribution medium of the future? Current estimates of the CD-ROM market might indicate no, but a slew of companies offering […]

Campbell, Calif. - Merisel Inc. and Tech Data Corp. have joined Ingram Micro Inc. as distributors of Apple's system software. The companies this month began selling System 7's personal and […]

By Jon Swartz Seattle -- Microsoft Corp. last week began a massive airlift effort that will deliver 1 million copies of Windows 3.1 to users in time for the April […]