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:CNET News: Plugging the Linux Holes
CNET News: Plugging the Linux Holes
May 1, 2004, 07 :00 UTC (20 Talkback[s]) (9860 reads)

(Other stories by David Becker)

"You can easily surf the Web and run a spreadsheet on a Linux-powered PC, but good luck if you want to balance your checkbook.

"The open-source operating system has yet to attract significant attention from makers of major desktop applications, such as Adobe Systems, Macromedia or Intuit, maker of the popular Quicken personal finance program. This lack of notice is a sticking point even for Linux visionaries such as Bruce Perens..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Java apps suck, they're too damned s ...   Don't use Java for Plugging the Holes   
David D. Huff Jr.
May 1, 2004, 08:44:52
 
I've been balancing my accounts in L ...   Huh?   
DanielB
May 1, 2004, 13:35:38
 
There are several financial programs in  ...   Poorly researched article (or biased)   
Sam
May 1, 2004, 14:14:12
 
Funny, I have been using Gnucash to bala ...   balance your checkbook   
Skip Egdorf
May 1, 2004, 14:33:10
 
Why is "checkbook balancing" even import ...   Ever heard of a "calculator"?   
bincbom
May 1, 2004, 15:03:26
 
This article is the typical FUD schlock  ...   Typical FUD schlock...   
JaseP
May 1, 2004, 15:11:23
 
I've been using MoneyDance for a cou ...   Moneydance   
todd
May 1, 2004, 15:44:08
 
The problem has been the slow opensource ...   balance a checkbook ?   
Anon
May 1, 2004, 15:46:48
 
because I've been doing my checkbook ...   I must be halucinating....   
GreyGeek
May 1, 2004, 16:10:11
 
From what I gather, there are some peopl ...   Re: Huh?   
Jay Curry
May 1, 2004, 17:03:50
 
> > The ONLY vald comment he has is the  ...   Re: Poorly researched article (or biased)   
JaseP
May 1, 2004, 17:11:38
 
Plugging the holes && lack of liquidasse ...   Freudian slip :^)   
R.L.
May 1, 2004, 17:38:44
 
> In place of Photoshop, not only is the ...   Re: Poorly researched article (or biased)   
PME
May 1, 2004, 23:49:05
 
I just find GNUCash really too much for  ...   GNUCash? MoneyDance? Eurobudget!!   
Darren
May 2, 2004, 00:28:48
 
1) Balancing a checkbook?  What happened ...   The Hype Is Killing Us   
NeoSadist
May 2, 2004, 04:33:48
 
I have  someone  who is competent with f ...   Filling my chequebook with Open Source   
Leon Brooks
May 2, 2004, 04:45:20
 
"While OpenOffice.org and other Linux ap ...   Parkinson patients   
Steven
May 2, 2004, 10:50:18
 
I would like advocates like Bruce Perens ...   Modest Proposel   
CT
May 3, 2004, 04:04:03
 
A good source of linux equivalents of wi ...   Programs running under linux   
Anish Sarkar
May 3, 2004, 16:21:51
 
I really don't know why a tax applic ...   Tax program   
Monte Lin
May 4, 2004, 11:27:35
 
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