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02-Nov-94 19:47:50
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Fm: Robert L. Stein 70365,1327
To: Pete Brama 74030,3160
The information I got last night from Intuit says "I'm writing to you
now about our new Windows version of QuickBooks because of Intuit's
decision not to produce any major upgrades to QuickBooks for DOS. As
you may know, the DOS market is shrinking rapidly….."
Spoken like Darth Vader. I'm afraid the MS Empire has begun its evil
upon Intuit's customers (jamming Windows down our throats whether we
want it or not). Frankly, as an OS/2 user, I'm even more disgusted.
From reports I've read, Quicken 4.0 for Windows will NOT work under
OS/2. I'm suspecting that the same will be the case for QuickBooks.
Since Intuit has not responded to requests for clarification of
whether they will respond to incompatibilities of their products
under OS/2, I'm not going to purchase any of their products in the
future. I'm hoping that several million other OS/2 users will also
do the same.
I am very uncomfortable with MS controlling the OS and the
applications, then purposefully sabatoging their applications when
users run them on non-MS platforms. Who needs that headache? (I
have no intention of going to the Dark Side and converting to
Windows, until and unless their are no alternatives. And if their
are no alternatives, the FTC will probably be real interested in the
situation again).
Bob.
Intuit is Dead. Long Live Intuit!