Re: [SLE] Replacementsfor Windows Applications

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 11/27/04

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    Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:03:03 -0500
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    Mike McMullin wrote:

    >>'Rumor out of Intuit is that they ARE porting QuickBooks, Quicken, AND
    >>Turbotax! However, I've heard this in the past and have yet to see a Linux
    >>version available. Sooner or later they'll have to port to Linux.
    >
    >
    > I hope so. Every year I ask their help people when I can expect a
    > native Linux Version of their tax software. You'd think they'd be tired
    > of the question by now. :)

    That reminds me of a line that was going around in the OS/2 days,
    supposedly from a software vendor.

    "Nobody wants an OS/2 version and I wish people would stop asking for it." 

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