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To: TLindt who wrote (1028)	2/11/1998 10:12:00 AM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 1546

Here's a tid bit(or more) for intu holders: biz.yahoo.com Looks like the monster is filled with hot air on this one.

To: TLindt who wrote (1028)	2/16/1998 1:14:00 AM
From: kfs	Respond to of 1546

Here's the low down: A dozen people call USA Today author to complain they can't e file their taxes with their tax software. USA Today author calls Tax Cut. Finds they are in a world of hurt, getting overwhelmed with e filing. Apparently, they learned nothing from AOL, and in an effort to "one up" Intuit, gave away electronic filing for free this year. (Intuit's charging $10.) Erstwhile reporter then calls Intuit, where erstwhile PR man confuses electronic filing with software patch downloading and gives reporter the quote she was looking for: "we just weren't prepared." Story appears, Intuit PR goes into full-on damage control (see also "Microsoft is lying about Quicken customers switching to Money"). They contact USA Today author (who coincidently is writing USA Today's unpublished Tax software review, so please use kid gloves) and find that-surprise!-all dozen complaints WERE FILED BY TAXCUT USERS! Intuit admitted to a problem none of their users were having, and the story got published. (Ouch, that was my foot I just shot!) One can only hope that USA Today's Tax software review will revisit the story and set it right. Didn't seem to hurt the share price any, though, did it?

To: TLindt who wrote (1028)	2/16/1998 2:07:00 AM
From: kfs	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1546

Here's the original article: usatoday.com And here's the same author's tax software review: usatoday.com There is no mention at all of efiling in the review. To save you the embarrassment of having USA Today in your "recently visited" folder in your browser, I'll give you a summary: in the hard boiled fluff, nothing but the factoids ma'am, offend no one style that has made USA Today the model of success among insomniac cures on coast to coast flights, they say nothing of interest or value or use. I know you don't read USA Toady, Tom; you just saw the blurb on the cover in the rack and had to stop reading when the story wrapped around the fold.