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Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A.

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From: Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A. <mbl...@blocktax.com>

Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:11:33 -0500

Local: Tues, Jan 21 2003 10:11 am

Subject: Re: Linux and Quicken

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On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:07:58 -0500, Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A.

<mbl...@blocktax.com> wrote:
>Users may not like some limitations, but
>Quicken now runs on Linux.
>http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/

>http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/supported_applications.php...

>According to the vendor you can use Quicken
>to prepare your taxes. This must mean that
>QuickBooks cannot be far behind.

Jack Hatfield properly pointed out privately
that we cannot get QuickBooks running on
Linux until we get a replacement for Internet
Explorer. He also said I should check MyBooks,
which seems to be as close as it gets so far.
I agree, but keep hoping.

A second user, who did not give permission for
credit, wrote that he was running Quicken on
Win4Lin under Mandrake 9.0. His post said,
"The advantage of Win4Lin is that the Window
system is running as a task under Linux, so
you do not have to worry about the API's not
being exactly as Windows or the running programs
expect them. They are the Windows API's, not
what Codeweavers thinks the API's are. I also
have the programs running from and accessing
the data files on my Windows partition, so if
I run on windows, the data files are not in
sync, they are the SAME files.

I would like to get the sound working on
Quicken, but the problem is that I haven't
installed Quicken on the Window that is
mounted on Linux. I believe the sound files
have to be in the registry (the dumbest idea
in software history) before Quicken can find
them. The problem with installing is that
I then loose all my updates. I keep hoping
that Intuit will get smart and release a Linux
version of Quicken."

Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540
Founding Member: QuickBooks Advisory Council
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