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From: Warren Oates on 6 Jun 2010 08:53
In article <huelfd$vbf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote:

> A "professional" who uses something solely because it costs money
> is not smart enough to remain a "professional" for very long.

That's silly. The best applications are usually _not_ open source. I
can't think of a free substitute for Final Cut Pro, or for Photoshop
(and puhlease, don't trot the Gimp out; it's well-named, though). I keep
ffmpeg around because it's a powerful transcoding tool, and Jubler does
pretty good subtitles, but those are adjuncts to the "professional"
stuff I paid for.

Toast isn't necessary for burning CDs. You can do it from the command
line.
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 6 Jun 2010 10:30

Wes Groleau wrote:
> On 06-05-2010 20:59, Erik Richard Sørensen wrote:
>> I always use Nero on windows and Toast on the Mac. It's the easiest way
>> to make the job done.
>
> And I use iTunes. It's the easiest way.
> Select, click, go get coffee.

Not if you - like I do - make 'books' in mp3 format with additional text
files or broadcast compilations with documental texts added...

Cheers, Erik Richard

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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 6 Jun 2010 20:29
In comp.sys.mac.apps Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > A "professional" who uses something solely because it costs money
> > is not smart enough to remain a "professional" for very long.
>
> That's silly. The best applications are usually _not_ open source.

That's not what he said. He was talking about somebody who chooses
paid software over free simply *because* it costs money, not because of
any additional features.

An example is third party commercial software used to file tax returns.
All of them cost money, and they don't do anything that I can't do
myself with a pencil and a calculator. Using the old fashioned method I
have it done in less time and with less hassle than with any of the
"modern, better" electronic filing methods, and all I pay is the cost of
a postage stamp.

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.
From: Wes Groleau on 6 Jun 2010 22:28
On 06-06-2010 20:40, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> Personally, I use an on-line tax service for free form completion and
> filing. Most people who made $57,000 or less last year can do so. This

Maybe they're better than they used to be.
The ones I tried expected me to copy employer name, address, T>I>N>, and
all sorts of other stuff from the W-2.

And TurboTax, well, .... never mind, I'll be family-friendly.

--
Wes Groleau

A UNIX signature isn't a return address, it's the ASCII equivalent
of a black velvet clown painting. It's a rectangle of carets
surrounding a quote from a literary giant of weeniedom like
Heinlein or Dr. Who.
-- Chris Maeda
Ha, ha, Dr. ..... Who's Chris Maeda?
-- Wes Groleau
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 7 Jun 2010 01:42
In comp.sys.mac.apps Michael Vilain <vilain(a)nospamcop.net> wrote:
> He's also doing Canadian Taxes. Not the same as ours. No AMT, no
> capital gains from short selling an underwater house, no medical bills
> to deduct, etc.
>
> Must be hard keeping your neck a constant state of extension so that
> your nose is in the air all time. But then you get massage therapy as
> part of the medical coverage.

Was all of that supposed to be a joke? Or do you really believe that?

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.
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