Intuit's methods last year caused me to seek alternatives to their products. I had used TurboTax for 4 or 5 years, and use Quicken 99 still. I tried TaxCut and have no reason to go back to TT. If I ever get the opportunity, I'll switch my finances away from Quicken also (I need the online banking features. And no, I'm not going to use anything where my account info etc. is all stored anywhere but my local computer.)
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
We need this action (Intuit's use of DRM) to have a PERMANENT reduction/effect on their bottom line. Only then will other companies realize what a bad idea it is and not follow suit.
'The chip will allow future machines to run, say, Windows XP together with Linux or the Apple operating system as easily as today's Windows computers run Word and Internet Explorer simultaneously.'
Not after Uncle Bill makes a few calls to the bios companies.
They dropped the price $50. To pay for the ad campaign, they'll have to sell what, 2M units to break even?
Skip the marketing. With a 4X increase already, the news is out.
BC
XBox is practically non existent in Japan. I guess MS can pay enough kids to show up and make it look interesting, but sales are only a small fraction of PS2 and GC.
Amazing how things work when there's open competition.
It's this kind of fascist "global warming" (if it exists) "*must* be caused by evil American corporations and consumers and I will not listen to anything that suggests otherwise" kind of thinking that has really turned me against environmentalists. That closed minded "I am right and you are wrong and we'll do this my way or I'll have you shot" attitude tells me more about the weakness of their arguement than anything else. If Global Warming truly is occuring and is caused by man, then how can researching all angles of this issue (including solar influences) be bad? It can't. That's why these envirowhackos want to shout down everyone that may disagree with them. Thay don't want *any* proof that hurts their "cause."
Perhaps the spin's on you? It is so sad to see people woh think they are intelligent fall hook line and sinker for pseudo-science. When does your magnetic wrist band arrive?
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else they would have declared it was deformed because of pollution and started sueing the crap out of everybody.
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Intuit's methods last year caused me to seek alternatives to their products. I had used TurboTax for 4 or 5 years, and use Quicken 99 still. I tried TaxCut and have no reason to go back to TT. If I ever get the opportunity, I'll switch my finances away from Quicken also (I need the online banking features. And no, I'm not going to use anything where my account info etc. is all stored anywhere but my local computer.)
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
We need this action (Intuit's use of DRM) to have a PERMANENT reduction/effect on their bottom line. Only then will other companies realize what a bad idea it is and not follow suit.
BC
'The chip will allow future machines to run, say, Windows XP together with Linux or the Apple operating system as easily as today's Windows computers run Word and Internet Explorer simultaneously.'
Not after Uncle Bill makes a few calls to the bios companies.
BC
They dropped the price $50. To pay for the ad campaign, they'll have to sell what, 2M units to break even? Skip the marketing. With a 4X increase already, the news is out. BC
XBox is practically non existent in Japan. I guess MS can pay enough kids to show up and make it look interesting, but sales are only a small fraction of PS2 and GC.
Amazing how things work when there's open competition.
BC
in 6 months MS will have a Doom3 knockoff.
BC
So this is how he wants it eh? I believe I'll cancel my DirecTV and get cable - along with an additional $10 of my broadband. See ya BC
It's this kind of fascist "global warming" (if it exists) "*must* be caused by evil American corporations and consumers and I will not listen to anything that suggests otherwise" kind of thinking that has really turned me against environmentalists. That closed minded "I am right and you are wrong and we'll do this my way or I'll have you shot" attitude tells me more about the weakness of their arguement than anything else. If Global Warming truly is occuring and is caused by man, then how can researching all angles of this issue (including solar influences) be bad? It can't. That's why these envirowhackos want to shout down everyone that may disagree with them. Thay don't want *any* proof that hurts their "cause."
And that, my friends, is Fascism.
BC
"I believe that's due to the popularity of violent games on other consoles. The culture of Japan is much different and less accepting of such titles"
sounds like a cop out to me. Anime is so violent they put disclaimers on it when it shows on American TV.
BC
is dead in Japan. THey are getting absolutely hammered by Sony. This has a desperate feel to it. BC
I shouldn't have to explain it to you. BC
shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
They lost me as a customer. Taxcut did just as well for me and I have no reason to go back to TT from Intuit.
BC
slow news day today? bc
Nothing here. MOve along. BC
This is unreal. I'm thinking it's about time we took to the streets.
BC
Perhaps the spin's on you? It is so sad to see people woh think they are intelligent fall hook line and sinker for pseudo-science. When does your magnetic wrist band arrive?
BC
and wood harvesters should be banned! How dare they!
BC
I'll never use OSX until Apple drastically reduces thair hardware cost. OSX simply isn't an issue.
BC
MS would buy control of the process and then pollute any standards that result. At least now there is a level playing field.
I don't want MSInternet.
BC
Doom III sounds like it will need mega powerful machines to look decent. Will the PIII 700 in the xbox be enough?
BC
too bad that in 40 years we haven't gotten any farther.
BC
"How's that any different than, say, requiring you to pay off your bank loan before you sell your car?"
Do you know how to read? Read the article then.
At least when you pay off your car loan YOU GET THE CAR.
BC
DMCA and it's ilk were passed during Bill "I did not have sex wwith that woman - bomb Bosnia" Clinton
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how can this be blamed on the U.S.?
BC
There is so much FREE Java documentation on the net it's not funny. Most Java books are just reprints of this. Esp. see "Java Tutorial"
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