Posted by: David D. Scribner
on December 17, 2004 12:15 AM
"Right now, Intuit doesn't seem to be at all interested in the Linux market."
Actually, they haven't seemed too interested since at least 1999, which is when I first wrote them and mentioned that if they want to keep their market share, they should start taking a serious look at Linux.
Since, I also let them know that I would not be using Turbo Tax any more due to the microsoft-like product activation (which has since been taken away, but I haven't bothered to go back). And, just recently, when a client decided on QuickBooks Online against my recommendations, I sent Intuit another email stating my concerns about the fact that it won't work with any other browser than IE, the security risks this involves, and that due to industry analyst recommendations from the likes of the Gartner Group, many would be moving away from that browser.
Absolutely none of these emails were answered, even though they were written in a professional and concerned way from a user [me] that had used Quicken regularly from about 1988, and Turbo Tax since the early '90's before Intuit picked it up (from Chipsoft I believe). I just chalked it up as bandwidth wasted on a non-caring vendor that seems to be quite happy with where they are. Even a generic canned response would have been better than nothing, but I guess they felt they had risen above the concerns of customers that had helped build their empire.
I've now become very happy using GnuCash, and actually prefer the way it works in many ways to Quicken or QuickBooks (aside from working on my platform of choice), but detest the fact that I have to boot Windows to do my taxes each year with Tax Cut (yes, I could do them online, but prefer not to for security reasons).
Personally, I think that Intuit has grown to the point that it can no longer see the sores on its butt that have festered and developed into boils. If they don't see a doctor soon, they'll lose it!
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Re:Good point.
Posted by: David D. Scribner on December 17, 2004 12:15 AM"Right now, Intuit doesn't seem to be at all interested in the Linux market."
Actually, they haven't seemed too interested since at least 1999, which is when I first wrote them and mentioned that if they want to keep their market share, they should start taking a serious look at Linux.
Since, I also let them know that I would not be using Turbo Tax any more due to the microsoft-like product activation (which has since been taken away, but I haven't bothered to go back). And, just recently, when a client decided on QuickBooks Online against my recommendations, I sent Intuit another email stating my concerns about the fact that it won't work with any other browser than IE, the security risks this involves, and that due to industry analyst recommendations from the likes of the Gartner Group, many would be moving away from that browser.
Absolutely none of these emails were answered, even though they were written in a professional and concerned way from a user [me] that had used Quicken regularly from about 1988, and Turbo Tax since the early '90's before Intuit picked it up (from Chipsoft I believe). I just chalked it up as bandwidth wasted on a non-caring vendor that seems to be quite happy with where they are. Even a generic canned response would have been better than nothing, but I guess they felt they had risen above the concerns of customers that had helped build their empire.
I've now become very happy using GnuCash, and actually prefer the way it works in many ways to Quicken or QuickBooks (aside from working on my platform of choice), but detest the fact that I have to boot Windows to do my taxes each year with Tax Cut (yes, I could do them online, but prefer not to for security reasons).
Personally, I think that Intuit has grown to the point that it can no longer see the sores on its butt that have festered and developed into boils. If they don't see a doctor soon, they'll lose it!
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