On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 21:56, William Westfall wrote:

On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 18:13 -0800, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Friday 26 November 2004 6:05 pm, Russ wrote:

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I am looking to replace Turbo Tax and Quicken. Does anyone know of any Linux based programs I can use to replace them?

gnucash for quicken

not aware of any replacement for turbotax, I plan on using the web service they offer.

Also checkout TaxAct for doing your taxes. It is an excellent program and much cheaper than turbo and also has e-file included in the price. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989 SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please*

On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 08:41, Allen Wilkinson wrote:

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Also checkout TaxAct for doing your taxes. It is an excellent program and much cheaper than turbo and also has e-file included in the price.

-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989 SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please*

I downloaded the TaxAct2004 and installed it under WINE. Install seemed to run okay, but TaxAct04.exe fails to run.

Any thoughts?

No. I haven't run TaxAct under wine yet, but then I also use CrossOver and run Quicken 2003 under COO. You can get a 30 day trial of COO and test TaxAct with it. Please only reply to the list unless asked otherwise. I ended up with two copies of your email. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989 SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please*

On Sat November 27 2004 7:39 am, Ken Schneider wrote:

On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 21:56, William Westfall wrote:

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On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 18:13 -0800, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Friday 26 November 2004 6:05 pm, Russ wrote:

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I am looking to replace Turbo Tax and Quicken. Does anyone know of any Linux based programs I can use to replace them?

gnucash for quicken

not aware of any replacement for turbotax, I plan on using the web service they offer.

Also checkout TaxAct for doing your taxes. It is an excellent program and much cheaper than turbo and also has e-file included in the price.

I ues the on-line TaxAct and file......cheap. What is really needed is QuickBooks PORTED to Linux. Fred -- "As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks." -US Senator Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah

On Friday 26 November 2004 7:37 pm, Fred A. Miller wrote:

On Fri November 26 2004 9:13 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Friday 26 November 2004 6:05 pm, Russ wrote:

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I am looking to replace Turbo Tax and Quicken. Does anyone know of any Linux based programs I can use to replace them?

gnucash for quicken

not aware of any replacement for turbotax, I plan on using the web service they offer.

'Rumor out of Intuit is that they ARE porting QuickBooks, Quicken, AND Turbotax! However, I've heard this in the past and have yet to see a Linux version available. Sooner or later they'll have to port to Linux.

Thing is, they sell TurboTax for Mac OS X, so you'd think it would be fairly simple to port that to Linux. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.5-7.111-default x86_64

On Friday 26 November 2004 8:17 pm, Anders Johansson wrote:

On Saturday 27 November 2004 05:04, Scott Leighton wrote:

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Thing is, they sell TurboTax for Mac OS X, so you'd think it would be fairly simple to port that to Linux.

Isn't it a GUI app? While BSD console stuff should port relatively easily, the same I'd guess isn't true for cocoa. As far as I know, GnuStep or the other NeXT implementations aren't ready for prime time yet, at least not as far as Cocoa compatibility goes, and porting to gtk or qt/kde will be a major project. Not incredibly difficult perhaps, but certainly not something you'd do in an afternoon

My ignorance on the subject is showing. I didn't realize there was that significant a difference due to the GUI's. I mistakenly assumed it was like the gnome stuff that works fine under KDE and vice versa. Oh well. Thanks for setting me straight. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.5-7.111-default x86_64

On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 21:37, Fred A. Miller wrote:

On Fri November 26 2004 9:13 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Friday 26 November 2004 6:05 pm, Russ wrote:

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I am looking to replace Turbo Tax and Quicken. Does anyone know of any Linux based programs I can use to replace them?

gnucash for quicken

not aware of any replacement for turbotax, I plan on using the web service they offer.

'Rumor out of Intuit is that they ARE porting QuickBooks, Quicken, AND Turbotax! However, I've heard this in the past and have yet to see a Linux version available. Sooner or later they'll have to port to Linux.

I hope so. Every year I ask their help people when I can expect a native Linux Version of their tax software. You'd think they'd be tired of the question by now. :) Mike

On Friday 26 November 2004 10:45 pm, Mike McMullin wrote: Thanks for all the answers. I also asked Intuit again today when they will have a Linux version. I want to completely get off MS.

On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 21:37, Fred A. Miller wrote:

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On Fri November 26 2004 9:13 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Friday 26 November 2004 6:05 pm, Russ wrote:

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I am looking to replace Turbo Tax and Quicken. Does anyone know of any Linux based programs I can use to replace them?

gnucash for quicken

not aware of any replacement for turbotax, I plan on using the web service they offer.

'Rumor out of Intuit is that they ARE porting QuickBooks, Quicken, AND Turbotax! However, I've heard this in the past and have yet to see a Linux version available. Sooner or later they'll have to port to Linux.

I hope so. Every year I ask their help people when I can expect a native Linux Version of their tax software. You'd think they'd be tired of the question by now. :)

Mike

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On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 19:23, Mike McMullin wrote:

On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 12:48, Russ wrote:

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On Friday 26 November 2004 10:45 pm, Mike McMullin wrote: Thanks for all the answers. I also asked Intuit again today when they will have a Linux version. I want to completely get off MS.

Not five minutes ago I was on their site asking them for a native or even wine version. It doesn't hurt to ask, and ask, and ask. :)

Or was that 55 minutes in the future since your clock seems to be an hour fast or you have the wrong timezone selected. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989 SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please*

On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 20:49, Russ wrote:

On Saturday 27 November 2004 03:43 pm, Ken Schneider wrote:

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On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 19:23, Mike McMullin wrote:

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On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 12:48, Russ wrote:

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On Friday 26 November 2004 10:45 pm, Mike McMullin wrote: Thanks for all the answers. I also asked Intuit again today when they will have a Linux version. I want to completely get off MS.

Not five minutes ago I was on their site asking them for a native or even wine version. It doesn't hurt to ask, and ask, and ask. :)

Or was that 55 minutes in the future since your clock seems to be an hour fast or you have the wrong timezone selected.

If you were talking about my clock, it is now 6:49PM, PST and thats the correct time here in Gig Harbor, WA. if you meant Mikes Clock you may be right.

It seems to be set for Central as opposed to Eastern. It was set for Eastern, I know, I did that myself during the original system configuration. <sigh> I know I complain about the time in the day, but jeez. :)

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:23:18 -0500 "Fred A. Miller" wrote:

I hope so, as I keep at them as well, and ALL of us SHOULD, IMHO.....FREQUENTLY!! I was told by one of the coders there a couple of years ago, that there IS heavy pressure from MickySoft to NOT port to Linux. I've never given his name as I promised not to, but I certainly can and DO believe that he was telling the truth, as we KNOW this has happened for sometime elsewhere.

Surely all we need to do is inform them that if they allow another company- or dare one say it, an OSS product- to fill the obvious market need in the short term, they may never get the same chance or the same market share again. VBG! Terence

On Saturday 27 November 2004 21:17, Fred A. Miller wrote:

On Sat November 27 2004 5:43 pm, Terence McCarthy wrote:

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On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:23:18 -0500

"Fred A. Miller" wrote:

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I hope so, as I keep at them as well, and ALL of us SHOULD, IMHO.....FREQUENTLY!! I was told by one of the coders there a couple of years ago, that there IS heavy pressure from MickySoft to NOT port to Linux. I've never given his name as I promised not to, but I certainly can and DO believe that he was telling the truth, as we KNOW this has happened for sometime elsewhere.

Surely all we need to do is inform them that if they allow another company- or dare one say it, an OSS product- to fill the obvious market need in the short term, they may never get the same chance or the same market share again.

I've been telling them that for quite awhile. Of course, no one has produced a QuickBooks "clone" so they aren't believers. MickySoft keeps the pressure on, and because there's no competition, they hold off.

Fred

-- "As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks." -US Senator Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah

Actually, Appgen has been developing MyBooks for some time now. I've always wondered why more doesn't get said about it. It's pretty price now, though. They did have a small business edition for @ $100 way back when. Didn't see any such animal for sale this time around. Still, some of the business types around here might have an interest. http://www.appgen.com/ DCP -- DC Parris GNU Evangelist http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime anywhere!"

Fred A. Miller wrote:

On Fri November 26 2004 9:13 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:

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On Friday 26 November 2004 6:05 pm, Russ wrote:

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I am looking to replace Turbo Tax and Quicken. Does anyone know of any Linux based programs I can use to replace them?

gnucash for quicken

not aware of any replacement for turbotax, I plan on using the web service they offer.

'Rumor out of Intuit is that they ARE porting QuickBooks, Quicken, AND Turbotax! However, I've heard this in the past and have yet to see a Linux version available. Sooner or later they'll have to port to Linux.

It'll probably be out, right after their rumoured OS/2 version. ;-)