Re: [cobalt-users] OT-Accounting/Billing

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> If I read the docs correctly, QB send invoices via email is
> something one needs to pay for on a monthly basis...Did I read it
> correctly?  Is Intuit yet another one of the silent, "You're in the
> Internet Business, and We're one of your partners"?

There was a lengthy thread on Slashdot about a week ago regarding all 
the internet-only features Intuit is putting into all their products 
(QB, TurboTax, Quicken, etc), forcing you to use more and more 
services that they provide...  eerily similar to Hailstorm, Passport, 
etc from "That Other Company"...

Intuit now also expires tax tables in their products, so you cannot go 
back and recalculate previous years statements/invoices/returns/etc 
if needed.  _And_ they charge a fee every year for new tables, and 
don't provide a way for you to update them yourself even if you are 
so inclined...

All in all, they are forcing their users to get on the treadmill just 
like Redmond.  I don't know what alternatives exist though...

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Bruce Timberlake

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