>On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:43:15 -0500, Mike Block – Tax Cut C.P.A.
><mbl…@blocktax.com> wrote:
>>This seems very accurate.
>>It [Safecast] is a clear example of short-sighted greed and arrogance
overruling common sense. Forcing user-hostile functionality down the throats
of your customers is NEVER a good idea. Neither is stealing from your
customers or committing vandalism to their property.. Note: We already
fought the copy-protection wars back in the early ’80s (remember "Lotus
1-2-3"?). It went away then because it was generally considered unacceptable
for a vendor to deliberately place usability roadblocks in the path of their
legitimate users. This is no different in that respect; only a more vicious
and more damaging implementation of the same brain-dead idea. It too needs
to go away. Entirely."
>>It is why Intuit has people monitoring forums
>>like this looking for problems. About half the
>>time I refer Tom to someone he tells me they
>>have already seen the post and have already
>>contacted the person. Of course, as you say,
>>it does not feel good if you are the one with
>>a nightmare.
>If Intuit has people monitoring forums like this, why doesn’t Intuit
>have their people respond in this forum? Keeping it a secret won’t
>help them, and relying on St. Mike to communicate it isn’t working.
>Jim
They never have had anyone do this.
When a Quicken guy posted often, on
his own time, he was so often trashed
he finally dropped out. Perhaps such
a person might need company clearance
to respond. Regardless, it is working.
There are few post about this now.
Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540
Founding Member: QuickBooks Advisory Council
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