Re: [PLUG] Turbo Tax on Linux? (was re: Adding new drives to fstab)

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

On Wednesday 19 December 2007 18:18:47 JP Vossen wrote:
>  > The ideal model would be an open source engine with the IRS releasing
>  > updated rules and form modules.  It could happen in Norway or Italy,
>  > but not here.
>
> Wow, what a nice dream...  :-)  I agree, not here, unless someone with
> way too much time and money on there hands decided to pay for it, then
> give it away for free.

Not necessarily.  There could be competing commercial and open source engines 
Which work to certain government sponsored standards.  (Think of the eighties 
when you had a lot of dbase compatible DBMAs.  They all used the dbase file 
format with different engines and interfaces.)  The IRS would publish an open 
spec for its forms and logic rules.  It could work, but realistically, I 
follow the money and that's not where its going.

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