On Sunday 07 August 2005 2:19 am, david rankin wrote: [snip]
Unfortunately, we still require crippleware to run QuickBooks --- try
I just heard on Sunday from Intuit, asking me to beta their new version. I refused, ONCE AGAIN telling them that until they got a clue and ported to Linux, I wasn't interested. I KNOW that in the past, MickySoft HAS put presure on them to NOT port to Linux. I assume that is still the case.
handing your accountant an GNUcash file -- (LOL). And... unfortunately, when I go to trial, I still run crippleware. There are no viable substitutes for Summation, Trial Director, Visionary, power(less) point, and other trail tools. (does anybody hear OPPORTUNITY HERE??) (Summation gets $1900.00 per copy >= $5k for a 5 node license) OO is not yet a contender. (really simple stuff, database to collect transcript notes and issues, ability to search, sync and present transcript text and video, image-slideshows, etc..) The same shortfalls appear in Linux CAD software. Someone needs to contact AutoDesk or develop a similar CAD program with topo capability for land development applications, etc. But (sticking to the subject) -- damnit we're close...
Yes we are. All you really need are proper templates for OO. Why don't you write them? ;)
That's it though -- think about the other 99% of the business application handling Linux can do. When I, as an attorney and engineer, can utilize Linux for 95% of what I need to do, securely and with confidence, from servers to the desktop, the open source vision is almost complete! My servers have been exclusively Linux since 2000. The core server apps are bulletproof and it has only gotten better. The desktop has made huge leaps in the last 18 months. So much so that people now believe that GUI config tools are the way to configure a Linux box -- go figure... ( so much for # vi /etc/sysconfig/network...)
It's easier and faster, and you don't have to put up with vi. What's not to lie?!
All in all, if a weird lawyer can sit back and objectively say, "I see little or no barriers between transitioning between mickeysoft and Linux for what I do" (subject to the exceptions above), it says -- we have come a long way!
We have a very narrow window of opportunity before Vista is released. SUSE MUST capitalize on that. However, to do so they need the applications. It's a catch 22 now matter how you cut it.
On both sides of the fence -- keep up the great work! I can't wait for SuSE 10.0 and mdk 2006 (or whatever the new name may be..)
'Couldn't care less about MDK or whatever..........just SUSE. Fred -- Planet Earth - a subsidiary of Microsoft. We have no bugs in our software, Never! We do have undocumented added features, that you will find amusing, at no added cost to you, at this time.