quicken

[Mark]

hello everyone. can anybody tell me if quicken 2003 basic is safe to
install? after all those threads i read about turbotax, i am leary of
installing anything by intuit anymore. any help here would be appreciated.
thanks
mark

[siljaline]

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:19:50 GMT, "Mark" <mars7@socal.rr.com> wrote:

>hello everyone. can anybody tell me if quicken 2003 basic is safe to
>install? after all those threads i read about turbotax, i am leary of
>installing anything by intuit anymore. any help here would be appreciated.
>thanks
>mark
>
The threads get a bit lengthy here, please try a more specific NG.

news:alt.comp.software.financial.quicken

Hope this helps & good luck.


--
siljaline

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[Dave Higham]

"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> The threads get a bit lengthy here, please try a more specific NG.
>

The thread from a couple of months ago was crossposted to about a dozen
groups, that's probably why it grew so long. Not sure if it answered Marks
question though - from what I remember it was Turbo Tax that was in the
spotlight. I don't know if the latest Quicken also has the DRM features that
were included in TT but if it does then avoid it.

Dave

[BoB]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 07:20:08 +0100, "Dave Higham"
<davehighamNOSPAM@zen.co.uk.INVALID> wrote:

>
>"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
>news:k80vfvgn8rmgonul4dlqsb1f1jk4rrfjcv@4ax.com.. .
>
>> The threads get a bit lengthy here, please try a more specific NG.
>>
>
>The thread from a couple of months ago was crossposted to about a dozen
>groups, that's probably why it grew so long. Not sure if it answered Marks
>question though - from what I remember it was Turbo Tax that was in the
>spotlight. I don't know if the latest Quicken also has the DRM features that
>were included in TT but if it does then avoid it.
>
>Dave

Here are some companies that use DRM:
-------------------------------------
AutoDesk (SafeCast)

CDilla (SafeCast)

Sold Out Software (SafeDisc)

SCi Software (SafeDisc)

WebSense. A special case. The WebSense/Macrovision software uses
SafeScan to scan the hard drive of a corporate PC for "hacked"
versions of software.

Virgin MegaStores (not known, but probably SafeCast. Used for
protecting downloaded content.)

FishTank Software (SafeDisc)

Bol.com, the online arm of music distributor BMG/Bertelsmann.
(SafeCast)

Hyperion Games (SafeDisc)

UbiSoft (SafeDisc)

TransGaming Technologies, a Linux games porting company
(SafeDisc)

Ascaron Software, a German games developer. (SafeDisc)

CodeMasters, the Russian games developer which designed Operation
Flashpoint (SafeDisc).

Diggibag.com, a games portal, both in the U.S. and Scandinavia
(SafeCast)

Grey Matter, a U.K. software tools developer (SafeCast) Borland
(SafeDisc) NIS2000 Symantec (SafeDisc)

Phocis Ltd., a U.K.-based digital security company (SafeCast). A
2000 position paper on DRM authored by a Phocis employee may be
found here.

TurboTax (Safecast)
-----------------------------

Symantec has begun adding digital-rights-management
software to **downloadable** versions of Norton Antivirus 2003

Others are obviously adding DRM to their programs so it will
become increasingly more difficult to avoid them all. Hopefully,
someone will write a program to prevent this or inform you of
what will happen if you continue an installation.

I certainly have no need for any program using such tactics
since it can cause problems to other innocent programs and your
OS in general.

My 2¢,

BoB