Software update request to gnuCash

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 09:00 -0400, dave boland wrote: 
> > 
> > Is he running GnuCash from Windows??? By gawd, that would be telling. He
> > gets the latest. :( Ric
> > 
> 
> Ric,
> 
> Yes, my accountant uses Windows 7.  I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.  In looking
> at the gnuCash web site, the current stable is 2.4.5, which is why it is
> being used by an accountant.  From my point of view, the current
> repository version is ok functionally.  It is just one of those things
> where we want to stay up with the teacher (accountant).
> 
> <comment>
> This is one of the real gripes about Linux over Windows -- we seem to be
> the last to get the current versions of software in our repositories.  I
> get why Adobe does that, but open source projects too??  Oh well.
> </comment>
> 

I don't have the URL handy, but on Red Hat's webzine, a featured video
was in a windows only player. I chided them about it, in the remarks, as
did some others, and they weakly replied that they would have it in OGG
format for us, at some unspecified later date. 3 weeks later, nada. Go
figure. 

When I worked at Red Hat, I would have been tossed gleefully out the
door and my red Fedora stepped on, for even bringing a computer to work
with Windows on it, by a cruel and angry crowd/mob. Heck, for even
THINKING of using Windows. I dunno what's happening, but evidentially we
ain't raising enough hell about such happenings. Maybe we need to, once
again. It is just not "The Right Thing". Ric


-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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