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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 5/14/2012 1:06 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article<tr6dndBwLpjxqizSnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert"<rgilbert88 at comcast.net>  writes:
>> {...snip...}
>>> 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!

Turbo-Tax is not an MS product.  It's a product of "Intuit".  It does 
require Windows so I suppose you will have to "roll your own" to run 
under VMS.