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From: Jim Thompson on 4 Feb 2010 18:09 On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:57:29 -0800, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >"JeffM" <jeffm_(a)email.com> wrote in message >news:d52e2c68-7fd0-49b3-a7a4-cd74feff0805(a)h12g2000vbd.googlegroups.com... >> Not "something like"--unless you enjoy being abused >> by yet another damned corporation: > >Yikes! > >This is what happens when you have a product that's already pretty mature -- >there are already so many features that adding more probably won't grow your >sales much, so instead you decide that surely lots of people must be pirating >your software, so perhaps sales would grow if you could eliminate some of >that? > >Personally I rather think it ought to be the U.S. government providing tax >preparation software anyway... Then the FED's can see your work-sheets ?:-( ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Joel Koltner on 4 Feb 2010 18:20 "Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in message news:jrkmm55040dqh03g4b2cg1n2j9il7sqk6g(a)4ax.com... > Then the FED's can see your work-sheets ?:-( If the feds want to see your worksheets they probably just strong-arm Intuit (TurboTax) into doing it already. :-) After all, for many years they strong-armed the telcos to allow them to tap into phone calls, long before doing so was ever made official...
From: Dave Platt on 4 Feb 2010 19:32 In article <CCIan.238094$H15.33341(a)en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com>, Joel Koltner <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >If the feds want to see your worksheets they probably just strong-arm Intuit >(TurboTax) into doing it already. :-) After all, for many years they >strong-armed the telcos to allow them to tap into phone calls, long before >doing so was ever made official... I've read a report hat it's precisely those wiretap-and-warrant back-doors which allowed the recent compromises of GMail. The malware which got into browsers within Google seems to have enabled the attackers to access the "internal intercept systems." http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=28293 -- Dave Platt <dplatt(a)radagast.org> AE6EO Friends of Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!
From: Mycelium on 4 Feb 2010 21:03 On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:42:41 -0800, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >"Fred Abse" <excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message >news:pan.2010.02.03.09.37.55.62490(a)invalid.invalid... >> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:36:34 -0800, miso(a)sushi.com wrote: >>> I like linux, but you just can't inflict it on the general public >>> unless all they are going to do is run a browser, email, office, etc. >> Isn't that all they do? > >A lot of them, yes. > >These days you also need to get something like TurboTax ported to Linux... Run it in an emu-window. duh. It is not like it is some advanced, memory intensive app or something.
From: JosephKK on 4 Feb 2010 22:53
On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:42:41 -0800, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >"Fred Abse" <excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message >news:pan.2010.02.03.09.37.55.62490(a)invalid.invalid... >> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:36:34 -0800, miso(a)sushi.com wrote: >>> I like linux, but you just can't inflict it on the general public >>> unless all they are going to do is run a browser, email, office, etc. >> Isn't that all they do? > >A lot of them, yes. > >These days you also need to get something like TurboTax ported to Linux... Yep, and a decent SOHO accounting tool. |