On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 09:45 -0700, Galen Seitz wrote: > Michael wrote: > > Galen Seitz wrote: > >> IIF you have Flash installed. Last year it wasn't needed. This > >> year's gratuitous Turbotax change was to require Flash. $...@#%$!!!!! > >> If I didn't have such a long history with Turbotax, I'd evaluate > >> other vendors. > > > > And what does that long history do for you? > > My sister used to work for Chipsoft, the company that originally > developed Turbotax. She then worked for Intuit after they bought > Chipsoft. She uses the pro series product, so I always send her my > tax file so she can review it for errors. I've used Turbotax since > TY1990. I've run it under dos, dosemu, W95, possibly wine, os 9, > possibly os X, and finally the online version. Ignoring the flash > issue, the online edition has certainly simplified things. No more > lengthy downloads and updates, no more messing with emulation, and > importing the previous year's data is easy. That said, it's still one > of those love/hate relationships. > Can your sister reveal anything about how TurboTax was programmed when she worked at Chipsoft? What language was it based on? Could she be part of a project to replace it with a Linux friendly version? If we can get some people together and possibly hook up with sourceforge, maybe by next year there can be an alternative to TurboTax.
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