"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
Jerry L Kreps wrote:
Greg Thomas wrote:
From: Jerry L Kreps
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There may be a few apps that are still not quite ready on Linux, such as Gnucash, but damn, there are excellent games now with more coming, there are several WPs with decent compatability with Word, and for a CEO to say the things he did is just selling the product short.
Greg
It was the lack of a good Quicken substitute that kept me booting Win95 once a month to balance my checkbook and bank statement. BUT, when MoneyDance 2.0 came out I tried it and found it to be an excellent package that contains everything I used in Quicken. MoneyDande doesn't do household inventory or keep your stock portfolio (there are other Linux-Unix package$ that do that) but it does all that I ever did with Quicken. So, Win95 went into my museum.
One kind of program that isn't available for Linux as far as I know is the equivalent of TurboTax. The trouble with income-tax programs is that they have to be updated every year, and no author of free software is going to make the effort to do that year after year. On top of that the details you have to deal with are details of IRS forms, not of programming.
Personally, I'd love to see Intuit dragged into the Microsoft case somehow or other. They are aiding and abetting the Microsoft monopoly by refusing to port their software to Linux even though it would probably be profitable for them to do so.
Paul Abrahams
You're right there, Paul! I used to write testing software for the Dept of Rev of NE, and TurboTax was one of the packages that was tested for conformity. It was one of the best. I heard that they have had troubles getting the product out on time this year. ???? I used http://www.completetax.com this year and it cost only $7.50 to file electronically for both the fed and the state returns. You can download it for free and do you taxes offline. Then connect and file electronically. I use and ADSL and am online 24/7, except for storms or absences, and the filing was seamless. You clicked the file button and within a few seconds a panel appeared indicating it had been sent. JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/