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From: mcw@wet.UUCP (Martin Warnett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Substandard Amiga software from Oxxi
Message-ID: <1017@wet.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 90 03:56:28 GMT
Reply-To: mcw@wet.UUCP (Martin Warnett)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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Just got a flyer in the mail from Oxxi about some bugs
in their Tax Break software. Unfortunately my tax return
is in the mail and it's wrong!

Two things, these were really dumb bugs. OK, all software has
bugs but I can't believe the tax software for IBM and Mac has
these kind of dumb bugs. Two, the fix consisted of instructions
on how to alter the tax break files using a text editor. No
replacement software, no patch files etc. just a piece of
paper. This is simply not acceptable for general purpose
software.

FYI: the bugs effect tax returns where line 37 is between $3,000
and $30,001. You have (or thought you had), a FICA refund. You
or your spouse were self employed and filed schedules SE and C
You or your spouse is a self employed farmer and filed schedules
SE and F. So maybe none of their testers were farmers :-)

Ok you have probably guessed by now that the reason I am so
mad is that I am not going to get the refund tax break said
I was, Unless of course the IRS computers have the same bugs :-)

This is not going to help the Amiga's reputation for
sub standard software. And next year I'll be using my IBM clone
for my taxes.


Martin.

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