On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 21:47 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
On Monday 26 December 2005 7:04 pm, Mike McMullin wrote:
On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 18:49 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
On Monday 26 December 2005 5:31 pm, russbucket wrote:
when I asked Initut (TurboTax developers) if they were developing a Linux version they sort of laughed. Not really funny in my opinion. As pointed out who ever develops this kind of package must be aware of the tax laws.
I still say that MickySoft is VERY much involved in keeping them from porting to Linux.
In the worst sort of though, I think. Why spend resources on Linux when 'doze has so much desktop penetration? That one simple argument makes great business sense.
It used to Mike, but reportedly there's more Linux on the desktop now than there are MACs, so it doesn't "wash" anymore.
I'm not arguing Mac numbers, they're less relevant. It takes resources to program for a platform, and to debug it. When you add a platform you require more developers and tech support. It's a wrong headed argument in my opinion, but waiting till there's critical mass for an OS that's proven stable in business is shooting oneself in the foot. I suppose they're waiting till the sort of folk who need training wheels on their boxes are willing to go over to Linux.