Microsoft to discontinue MS Money
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Microsoft plans to stop selling Microsoft Money, its venerable, but not market-leading personal finance program, CNET News has learned. The software maker has been notifying financial institutions and plans to announce the move to customers over the next 24 hours via a posting on its Web site and a notification in the software. Although Microsoft will stop selling the product at the end of June, it plans to support it through January 2011. It's a rare defeat for Microsoft.
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Maybe they'll bring out a new money program / service then and call it Microsoft Cash, or maybe some stupid advert-ridden online thing called Money Live or something. And probably not have any upgrade path from MS Money. Think I'll be switching to Quicken.
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Microsoft plans to stop selling Microsoft Money, its venerable, but not market-leading personal finance program, CNET News has learned. The software maker has been notifying financial institutions and plans to announce the move to customers over the next 24 hours via a posting on its Web site and a notification in the software. Although Microsoft will stop selling the product at the end of June, it plans to support it through January 2011. It's a rare defeat for Microsoft.
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Millions of years ago when I started out on my trek to accountancy, I used Pegasus! Truly ancient and awful, but it was just about the industry standard in th eUK. It had a Password system that was, in point of fact a text file with the name of the password in it! It would take nearly a second to find the password of the system and get past it. (Mid to late 80's, and programmers never figured people would understand things like this!) We then upgraded (!?) to Sage, which really was truly awful, and overly complicated. When I was with Granada we ran a huge accounts/Payroll/Costing/Bugeting/Stock Control system off an AS400, it was bespoke and I had to help maintain both the system and the programs, as a) I was the only guy who knew Jack about running a mainframe and b) I was the only one who knew any kind of programming, oh and c) I was the only Accountant they would trust with it (They wouldn't let the Admin people anywhere near it). Now I use a proprietry system, designed for the Construction industry that nearly does almost everything of most of the things you need, I still have to bend it to my will to get the right stuff, and It is a Monster. But still better than Money or Quicken. But all that said, you cannot beat a Ledger book and a bit of Double Entry! (In fact I know people who are now qualifying as accountants who NEVER done manual accounting! WTF?)
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
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Maybe they'll bring out a new money program / service then and call it Microsoft Cash, or maybe some stupid advert-ridden online thing called Money Live or something. And probably not have any upgrade path from MS Money. Think I'll be switching to Quicken.
On recent performance they'll probably call it Aniston or somesuch abomination.
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Maybe they'll bring out a new money program / service then and call it Microsoft Cash, or maybe some stupid advert-ridden online thing called Money Live or something. And probably not have any upgrade path from MS Money. Think I'll be switching to Quicken.
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Maybe they'll bring out a new money program / service then and call it Microsoft Cash, or maybe some stupid advert-ridden online thing called Money Live or something. And probably not have any upgrade path from MS Money. Think I'll be switching to Quicken.
They already have: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx[^] Neil.
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They already have: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/accountingexpress/FX101729681033.aspx[^] Neil.
I knew it! Thanks for that, I also see from http://microsoftmoney.blogspot.com/2007/11/microsoft-office-accounting-2008.html[^] that "One thing of interest for Microsoft Money users in the UK is that is does NOT support import of a Money file." :^)
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Microsoft plans to stop selling Microsoft Money, its venerable, but not market-leading personal finance program, CNET News has learned. The software maker has been notifying financial institutions and plans to announce the move to customers over the next 24 hours via a posting on its Web site and a notification in the software. Although Microsoft will stop selling the product at the end of June, it plans to support it through January 2011. It's a rare defeat for Microsoft.
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On recent performance they'll probably call it Aniston or somesuch abomination.
Maybe the next version of Bob will be Microsoft Ross.
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Microsoft plans to stop selling Microsoft Money, its venerable, but not market-leading personal finance program, CNET News has learned. The software maker has been notifying financial institutions and plans to announce the move to customers over the next 24 hours via a posting on its Web site and a notification in the software. Although Microsoft will stop selling the product at the end of June, it plans to support it through January 2011. It's a rare defeat for Microsoft.
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Too bad one good competitor leaves the market. Other products on the market are more expensive. So the end customer will be the loser.
You can't turn lead into gold, unless you've built yourself a nuclear plant.
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Millions of years ago when I started out on my trek to accountancy, I used Pegasus! Truly ancient and awful, but it was just about the industry standard in th eUK. It had a Password system that was, in point of fact a text file with the name of the password in it! It would take nearly a second to find the password of the system and get past it. (Mid to late 80's, and programmers never figured people would understand things like this!) We then upgraded (!?) to Sage, which really was truly awful, and overly complicated. When I was with Granada we ran a huge accounts/Payroll/Costing/Bugeting/Stock Control system off an AS400, it was bespoke and I had to help maintain both the system and the programs, as a) I was the only guy who knew Jack about running a mainframe and b) I was the only one who knew any kind of programming, oh and c) I was the only Accountant they would trust with it (They wouldn't let the Admin people anywhere near it). Now I use a proprietry system, designed for the Construction industry that nearly does almost everything of most of the things you need, I still have to bend it to my will to get the right stuff, and It is a Monster. But still better than Money or Quicken. But all that said, you cannot beat a Ledger book and a bit of Double Entry! (In fact I know people who are now qualifying as accountants who NEVER done manual accounting! WTF?)
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
Dalek Dave wrote:
it was bespoke
What is it with this word bespoke and you poms? First time I heard it used was in a bbc program called Grand Designs. It became a joke between my girl friend and I that the presenter would manage to get the word in at least once in every episode. Then we had an English guy in here for an interview and his resume was bespoke this and bespoke that. Last time I was in the UK, 5 years ago, I never heard it once.