[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

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In article <tr6dndBwLpjxqizSnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
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>> There is much better software and, in many cases, it's free; so why _DO_
>> people want to pay for Micro$oft crap?
>
>Because it's ubiquitous and it works.  You may complain about "click and 
>drool" interfaces but they work and millions use them.  The alternatives 
>are????????????????  If there are any, they are hard to find, expensive, 
>.. . . .  It's practically a given that Brand X is
>not compatible with Brands "Y" and/or "Z"!
>
>You have available the three "Killer Applications": Spreadsheet, Word 
>Processor, and Database.

I have better alternatives on my Mac and on Linux.



>Then there is the fourth "Killer App"!  Turbo-Tax will never make the 
>"ides of April" bearable but it beats hell out of wrestling with Form 
>1040 Schedules A, B, C, D, E, F. . . . by hand and then Form NJ1040, and 
>schedules. . . .

I don't think Turbo-Tax is M$; in fact, I know it isn't because it would
NOT be installed on any system in my home if it was!
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