[Fwd: Re: [cw-discuss] Turbo Tax on Win2000]

[James E. LaBarre]

(ARGH!!  this damned list that doesn't reply-to correctly!)


Well, I tested the 2006 version of TaxAct under CXO 6.0 beta3, and while 
it installed OK (the way every other version has except for the state of 
Wine last year), starting the app immediately brings up an error message 
"Failed to create empty document", and once you click on the "OK", the 
programme goes away.

Interestingly enough, it runs, prints, etc. with no problem with a CVS 
build I built on 11/29/06.  I was trying to find what you would need for 
debugging info to find what fails here (and then track the difference in 
CVS?).



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [cw-discuss] Turbo Tax on Win2000
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:54:25 -0500
From: James E. LaBarre <jamesl at bestweb.net>
To: Donald E Haselwood <dhaselwood at verizon.net>
References: <456E3A40.30502 at nc.rr.com> 
<200611292223.56722.dhaselwood at verizon.net>

> I was curious if TurboTax 2006 would install with Crossover, but you beat me 
> to it.  Yesterday I attempted to install TurboTax 2006 on my WN98SE machine 
> and got the not supported message.  It installed OK under WN2K on my 
> Suse9.3/WN2K box, but I didn't get around to trying it with Crossover.
> 
> [rant: Given the nature of their product I wonder how much business they'll 
> lose by it not running on WN98 machines.  Couple that with the disaster they 
> had a couple years ago with the stealth copy protection install, and it makes 
> me wonder if some folk making policy at Intuit are missing some marbles.]



I expect it's probably time to try this year's version of TaxAct, and
see if it's still borked under Wine.  If so, then it will once again be
time to spell out to the folks at 2nd Story Software just *why* I won't
be doing business with them again.