INTUIT TO PROVIDE INTERNET ACCESS DIRECTLY FROM QUICKEN

QUICKEN USERS GET NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR INTUIT EDITION, FREE ACCESS TO NEW
FINANCIAL WEB SITE AND LOW-COST ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE INTERNET VIA
CONCENTRIC NETWORK

MENLO PARK, Calif., October 19, 1995 -- Intuit, Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) today
took the first step of its Internet strategy by announcing that Quicken
for 96 for Windows will include three bonuses when it goes on sale Oct.
26: first, a tightly integrated version of Netscape Navigator, the leading
Internet client software from Netscape Communications Corp.; second, free
access to the Quicken Financial Network, Intuit's new World Wide Web site;
and third, low-cost full Internet access through service provider
Concentric Network Corp.

With these features, Quicken for Windows for 96 users will have easy online
access to an array of financial information and services. The Quicken
Financial Network will offer free around-the-clock access to Intuit's
technical support knowledge bases and product information, as well as
information and advice on personal finance topics. Equally important, it
will provide a channel for free electronic communication between Quicken
users and many of the nation's leading financial institutions.

"Intuit has focused on automating the financial activities performed at the
desktop," said Intuit co-founder and chairman Scott Cook. "Now we are
automating the communication between our users and the financial world.
>From this point forward, most of our products will be connected --
connecting our users to Intuit, to their banks and brokers, to financial
information, and to each other."

Quicken for 96 will include a number of connected features: -As previously
announced, in partnership with leading banks and financial institutions,
it will include the ability to access checking, credit card and brokerage
accounts, transfer funds and pay bills electronically -- capabilities
which, at this time, will be provided via a private network connection
protected by a state-of-the-art cryptographic engine from RSA Data
Security Inc..

Intuit's financial partners in the initial release of Quicken for 96 are:
American Express, Bank of Boston, Centura Bank, Chemical Bank, Chase
Manhattan Bank, Compass Bank, CoreStates Bank, Crestar Bank, First
National Bank of Chicago, First Interstate Bank, Home Savings of America,
M&T Bank, Marquette Banks, Michigan National Bank, Sanwa Bank California,
SunTrust Bank, Smith Barney, Texas Commerce Bank, Union Bank, U.S. Bank
and Wells Fargo Bank.

- In addition, Intuit's newly-announced partnership with Netscape to
provide Internet-based capabilities in the Quicken for 96 for Windows
versions will provide a rich channel for interactive communication of
text, graphics, and multimedia. This collaboration has resulted in a
unique implementation of Netscape Navigator which allows Quicken for
Windows users to access useful financial information provided by Intuit
and its financial partners on the Quicken Financial Network. Some of the
institutions will have a presence on the Quicken Financial Network on Oct.
26, and more will be added in the months ahead.

Quicken for Windows for 96 marks the most comprehensive integration of
online capabilities within a major software application to date. Quicken
for Windows will now integrate Netscape Navigator Intuit Edition. Quicken
for Windows purchasers will be entitled to receive the upcoming version
2.0 at no additional charge from Intuit when it is released later this
year. By providing Netscape Navigator integrated in Quicken and enabling
free access to the Quicken Financial Network to all Quicken users, Intuit
has created a new and unprecedented level of connectivity for its
customers.

"By integrating Netscape Navigator Intuit Edition and Internet access into
Quicken for Windows for 96, Intuit will lead a fundamental change in
software as we know it today," Cook said. "This will make our software
expandable, easier to update or patch, more responsive to consumers'
desires, and more personalized to their needs. In short, it will enable
software to change or adapt in real time, giving consumers more power to
make applications work for them."

The integration of Quicken for Windows and Netscape Navigator creates
unprecedented new ease in delivering instant value from the Internet. For
example, a single click in one of Quicken's banking screens is all it
takes to launch Netscape Navigator, dial in and take the user directly to
the banks' area on the Quicken Financial Network.. The integration also
represents a major innovation in customer service and technical support
that has the potential to change the way software service operates and is
delivered.

"We encourage our users to get connected, and are enthusiastic supporters
of commercial online services like America Online and Internet service
providers like Concentric Network Corp. In fact, Quicken Financial Network
will be accessible from every online service and Internet service provider
which offers access to the World Wide Web," said Bill Harris, Intuit
executive vice president. "Nevertheless, our surveys indicate that while
over ninety percent of Quicken Deluxe users have modems, less than
one-quarter of them subscribe to an online service, and only 2 percent
have an Internet access account. We want every Intuit customer to be able
to communicate with us and with our financial partners, without needing to
pay an additional access or monthly fee."

While Internet access from universities and some companies is free, access
from home and small business is not - and that's where people use Quicken.
A minimum monthly charge from $9.95 to $19.95 for Internet access is
typical and is a barrier to consumer adoption of the Internet. Quicken for
Windows dramatically slashes the minimum cost required to bring such
sophisticated access into homes and small business in two ways:

- Providing free access to the Quicken Financial Network Web site - no
monthly fees, no hourly fees and no subscriptions. Long distance charges
apply for a small percentage of North America's users who live beyond the
local calling areas of Concentric's 200 local access points.

- Allowing Quicken users to choose full access to the entire Internet which
will be available at the push of a button for as little as $1.95 for one
hour per month -- a drastic reduction in the minimum monthly commitment
usually necessary to access the Internet. Frequent users have the option
of buying 7 hours for $9.95 per month. All additional hours are $1.95 per
hour.

With more than a million copies of Quicken for Windows for 96 already
ordered before today's announcement, integration of Netscape Navigator
Intuit Edition has the potential to introduce a huge installed base of
users to the Internet and provide them with easy and economical Internet
access. Intuit also plans to add Netscape Navigator and Internet
connectivity to other products, including later versions of Quicken for
the Macintosh operating system. "We believe the strong initial orders are
an indication of the high level of consumer interest in online financial
services," said Eric Dunn, vice president of Intuit's Personal Finance
Group. "Today's announcement will heighten that interest even more."

Telecommunications access to the Quicken Financial Network and the Internet
will be provided by Concentric Network Corporation. Concentric's network
includes over 200 local points of presence covering 90 percent of
PC-owning households in the U.S. and 71 percent of such households in
Canada, supports modem speeds of up to 28.8 kbps modems with an advanced
network backbone for high-speed transmissions.

Beginning October 26th, Quicken for Windows for 96 customers will find
useful financial advice, information from Intuit's bank and financial
institution partners, answers to commonly asked technical questions and
tips on how to tap the full potential of Intuit's family of financial
products. The Quicken Financial Network will also have an area where
customers can give suggestions about the kinds of information and
functionality they desire, which Intuit will use to shape the future
development of the Quicken Financial Network. However, the Quicken
Financial Network will initially focus on topics of interest to Quicken
users, and next year will grow to include a range of personal financial
information and services for everyone who wishes to make smarter financial
decisions.

Over the next few months, Intuit will introduce additional areas devoted
to: QuickBooks and small business topics; TurboTax and personal tax
topics; and TurboTax ProSeries and professional accounting topics.
Intuit's Web site will also be accessible to everyone on the Internet, at
the following URL: http://www.intuit.com/quicken.

"Our objective is to provide our customers with the best information and
tools for making sound financial decisions. Providing this on the World
Wide Web will make it available to Internet users who are not currently
Intuit customers, too. This will make useful financial information
available to a broader audience and help Intuit's financial institution
partners broaden their reach," Harris said. "We are enabling the
communications capability today, and will expand our offerings in the
months ahead."

Quicken for Windows for 96 will enable two different communication
mechanisms, designed for tasks requiring different levels of security:

- For transmitting confidential data and financial transactions, Quicken
will contain a communications module which connects directly to customers'
financial institutions via a private network. All such transactions are
secured by end-to-end encryption utilizing RSA's Public-Key Cryptosystem
technology combined with triple DES. Because these transactions are
performed from within Quicken, the communications will happen in the
background and the information will be seamlessly integrated into the
user's Quicken files.

- For interactive access to the information available on The Quicken
Financial Network Web site and the Internet, Quicken for Windows for 96
users will have integrated access to the security mechanisms enabled by
Netscape Navigator. In addition, Intuit is working with Netscape and
others to encourage the further development and availability of secure
protocols for electronic commerce on the Internet such as Secure Courier
in Netscape Navigator 2.0.

Intuit is the only company to succeed at winning mass consumer adoption of
PC financial technologies. It pioneered computerized personal finance
management with the introduction of Quicken in 1984. Today, Quicken is the
best selling software application in retail stores. Intuit's QuickBooks
and QuickPay are the nation's best selling accounting and payroll software
products. The company's popular TurboTax, and MacInTax software are the
nation's best selling tax preparation software, helping small businesses
and individuals prepare tax returns and save on taxes. Intuit's Quicken
Financial Planner, introduced earlier in 1995, is the nation's
best-selling financial planning software, helping families make better
financial decisions.

Intuit has led in online financial services, launching bill pay in 1990,
Intellicharge credit card services in 1993 and Quicken Quotes, a portfolio
price update service in 1994. In recent months, Intuit has announced
strategic partnerships with 21 of the nation's leading financial
institutions to allow customers to do banking and bill payment online.
Intuit also announced that new versions of Quicken Deluxe will include
Investor Insight, an online service that will provide personally-tailored
information on stocks and mutual funds.

Netscape Communications Corp., based in Mountain View, Calif., is a premier
provider of open software linking people and information over enterprise
networks and the Internet. The company makes the most popular navigation
software used on the Internet today -- with more than 75 percent market
share of the Internet client market, according to independent Web sites
such as Yahoo and Interse. The company is moving forward technically and
providing a platform for new applications that will offer Quicken
customers improved Internet navigation capabilities. For example, Netscape
Navigator 2.0, now in beta, includes integrated email, threaded discussion
groups and other capabilities to continue to offer customers the most
advanced features for taking advantage of the Internet.

Concentric Network Corporation, formerly known as Concentric Research
Corp., based in Cupertino, California, is a leading network communications
solutions provider offering Internet access and other high performance
communications services to consumers and corporate partners. Concentric
offers consumers low-cost, high-quality individual dial-up access --
providing one of the fastest gateways to multi-player gaming/interactive
entertainment, the nation's largest network of BBSs, the Internet and
other online services. It is also one of the leading providers of virtual
private networks to company's seeking to provide their own branded online
content and services, such as Intuit's Quicken Financial Network.

Find out more about Netscape at info@netscape.com, or call 415/528- 2555.
 
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