> -----Original Message----- > From: John Hearns [mailto:john.hearns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:11 AM > To: 'fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: hoax or bad taste joke by Redhat's CEO? > > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, LoBue, Mark wrote: > > > "checkbook". Is there any software that will directly > connect to my bank's > > website and download transactions the way Quicken does? > How about the > > American Express and Discover sites? Quicken does that. > > > Market forces. > > Having just ranted against closed source DRIVERS (note the emphasis), > I don't see anything wrong with commercial software packages. > If enough of you and your friends get together and offer to pay > $$$ for a package to do that, it will appear. > Same as Quicken - someone had to sit down and write it and sell it. > (sorry if I'm talking twaddel and Quicken is free as in beer. > But I don't think it is). > > Heck - write one yourself. Start with Perl screen scraping code. > Hey, I wasn't asking for a free program, just any program. Macromedia won't write it, Quicken won't write it. How could I possibly have the resources to meet with the bank, get transaction download specs, etc. I'll pay for Quicken for Linux, but I don't have the time to write that. I'm just pointing out that RH9 is not good enough on the internet front even (especially) for kids. -Mark
