[mdlug] Open Source accounting software

R. Kannan rkannan at peoplepc.com
Thu Jan 28 10:47:11 EST 2010


Man you are missing out the fun of entering data, answering all those questions
and clicking on help :-) I feel sorry for you.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at opengroupware.us>
>Sent: Jan 28, 2010 10:20 AM
>To: mdlug at mdlug.org
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] Open Source accounting software
>
>On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 22:41 -0500, Stan Green wrote:
>> Are you kidding, H&R Block even dropped Win2K this year. They don't even support 
>> Win2K if you use their online version. (The do allow Firefox, but only on 
>> Windows XP or later. So much for the web being OS independent!) I was fighting 
>> with H&R block CS for over an hour on this. Linux is not even a blip on the 
>> radar to them.
>> I was very unhappy that I had to create a XP image in VMWare just to do my 
>> taxes! I would go back to paper if it was not shooting myself in the foot.
>> I can only assume the rest are about equal on this issue. TurboTax also dropped 
>> support for Win2K this year.
>
>Makes sense Win2K is no longer supported.
>
>I make an appointment at H&R, go there with all the paper work, the man
>fills out the forms [in what really looks like a Borland OWL app!], and
>then he hands me an envelope to stick the check in and mail.
>
>When I get home I write the check, enter that into GNUcash, and mail the
>envelope.
>
>All 100% LINUX/GNOME compatible and hassle free.
>
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