Re: [~OT] tax program for linux
On March 30, 2003 11:03 pm, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 12:45:55AM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 22:25, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> > > My dad, who has graciously done my taxes for me every year up
> > > until now, has finally shuffled them off to me. When i ask him
> > > how to do them, he keeps telling me to get TurboTax for
> > > windoze. I keep reminding him I run linux, but he keeps
> > > forgetting. Is there an equivalent linux program that anyone
> > > here knows about / uses? or do i have to suck it up and do
> > > them by hand?
> >
> > i'd try gnucash/kapital/moneydance first, but if they won't do
> > what you want, turbotax does run under wine/crossover wine.
> > (codeweavers.com)
> >
> > i've heard really bad rumblings from some mailing lists that
> > intuit (the turbotax/quicken people) building in a lot of nasty
> > features into the newer versions of turbotax/quicken. most people
> > i know are trying desperatley to move away from turbotax/quicken
> > because of these changes.
>
> Features such as ... ?
I believe as a copy protection mechanism, it wrote to the MBR or boot
sector of your drives, breaking any boot manager you may have
installed. Without asking may I add. So not particularily nice of
them if you ask me.
leo
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