Re: QuickBooks for Linux

2007-06-13 Thread Ben Scott
On 6/13/07, Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Intuit has been famous for a rigid attitude of "if Linux is in the > picture we don't support it". > >> Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) announced today that businesses will soon >> be able to operate QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions(r) from Linux serve

QuickBooks for Linux

2007-06-13 Thread Bill Sconce
Intuit has been famous for a rigid attitude of "if Linux is in the picture we don't support it". There are shops which figured they'd never be able to be rid of their last Microsoft server because of this one constraint. Now this. Steve Ballmer, eat your heart out. It's *only* Intuit... In

Re: USB scanner + embedded Linux box = network scanner?

2007-06-13 Thread Ben Scott
On 6/13/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Disagree with your conclusion here ... I have an HP OfficeJet (a d145, > couple of version/model years old) with the extra HP JetDirect I/O card ... We've got an HP LaserJet 3380 All-In-One with a JetDirect card. It does have "network scan" fun

Re: USB scanner + embedded Linux box = network scanner?

2007-06-13 Thread Ted Roche
Ben Scott wrote: > You can get a decent USB-attached scanner for small money these > days. But they all require cumbersome, buggy MS Windows software that > tends to suck (even by the standard of MS Windows software). To get a > network-attached scanner that doesn't suck, you need to spend big

USB scanner + embedded Linux box = network scanner?

2007-06-13 Thread Ben Scott
Hi folks, You can get a decent USB-attached scanner for small money these days. But they all require cumbersome, buggy MS Windows software that tends to suck (even by the standard of MS Windows software). To get a network-attached scanner that doesn't suck, you need to spend big bucks (often k