Sigh... I think my 16+ year Quicken relationship is about to end

Posted by Han on June 27, 2009, 8:26 am

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>>>

>>>> I can almost deal with the annoying flashing bug.

>>>>

>>>> But now I'm in some mode where all online updates

>>>> just seem to be stuck.

>>>>

>>>> I can't stand that Intuit has just decided to

>>>> take a crap all over their customers.

>>>>

>>>> I guess they figure as long as I keep re-upping,

>>>> I'm happy. Well, I'm not, and I think I'll

>>>> start looking for better software.

>>>

>>> Maybe I can save you some time, I've been looking for about 7 years

>>> and there is nothing that even begins to compare.

>>>

>>> If you find something please let me know, thanks.

>>>

>> I have installed Ubuntu as a Linux package on my laptop. It works

>> very fast, and it almost looks as if gnucash will be able to supplant

>> Quicken. Obviously the importing from Quicken-exported qif files

>> leaves a lot to be desired, and the program does seem to behave

>> significantly differently. I don't have the time or inclination to

>> experiment excessively, but someone with time shoudl try and report

>> experiences (grinnning!! - because I am too lazy to do it myself!!!)

> Good luck with GnuCash. I have a client who replaced her Dell windows

> laptop with one of their Ubuntu machines. I set her up with GnuCash as

> a replacement to QuickBooks. It works but I find it a little clunky

> compared to Q or QB.

> Here is a link to a GC user e-mail list and message archive:

> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user

As I mentioned, I haven't realy used gnuc ash, and certainly not as a
replacement for QuickBOOKS (I'm a casual user of Quicken, not
quickbooks).

Btw, I find the mailing list archives a bit clunky to peruse as well, and
the https link doesn't really work for me.

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Best regards
Han
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Posted by Laura on June 27, 2009, 11:34 am

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>>>

>>>>

>>>>> I can almost deal with the annoying flashing bug.

>>>>>

>>>>> But now I'm in some mode where all online updates

>>>>> just seem to be stuck.

>>>>>

>>>>> I can't stand that Intuit has just decided to

>>>>> take a crap all over their customers.

>>>>>

>>>>> I guess they figure as long as I keep re-upping,

>>>>> I'm happy. Well, I'm not, and I think I'll

>>>>> start looking for better software.

>>>>

>>>> Maybe I can save you some time, I've been looking for about 7 years

>>>> and there is nothing that even begins to compare.

>>>>

>>>> If you find something please let me know, thanks.

>>>>

>>> I have installed Ubuntu as a Linux package on my laptop. It works

>>> very fast, and it almost looks as if gnucash will be able to supplant

>>> Quicken. Obviously the importing from Quicken-exported qif files

>>> leaves a lot to be desired, and the program does seem to behave

>>> significantly differently. I don't have the time or inclination to

>>> experiment excessively, but someone with time shoudl try and report

>>> experiences (grinnning!! - because I am too lazy to do it myself!!!)

>> Good luck with GnuCash. I have a client who replaced her Dell windows

>> laptop with one of their Ubuntu machines. I set her up with GnuCash as

>> a replacement to QuickBooks. It works but I find it a little clunky

>> compared to Q or QB.

>> Here is a link to a GC user e-mail list and message archive:

>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user

> As I mentioned, I haven't realy used gnuc ash, and certainly not as a

> replacement for QuickBOOKS (I'm a casual user of Quicken, not

> quickbooks).

> Btw, I find the mailing list archives a bit clunky to peruse as well, and

> the https link doesn't really work for me.

I found the archives okay for researching problems okay but on an on-going
get help mode I agree it does not work well. I was able to set up the
mailing list in Thunderbird so that I can download and respond via a regular
e-mail program.

Posted by Han on June 27, 2009, 12:42 pm

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>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> I can almost deal with the annoying flashing bug.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> But now I'm in some mode where all online updates

>>>>>> just seem to be stuck.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I can't stand that Intuit has just decided to

>>>>>> take a crap all over their customers.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I guess they figure as long as I keep re-upping,

>>>>>> I'm happy. Well, I'm not, and I think I'll

>>>>>> start looking for better software.

>>>>>

>>>>> Maybe I can save you some time, I've been looking for about 7

>>>>> years and there is nothing that even begins to compare.

>>>>>

>>>>> If you find something please let me know, thanks.

>>>>>

>>>> I have installed Ubuntu as a Linux package on my laptop. It works

>>>> very fast, and it almost looks as if gnucash will be able to

>>>> supplant Quicken. Obviously the importing from Quicken-exported qif

>>>> files leaves a lot to be desired, and the program does seem to

>>>> behave significantly differently. I don't have the time or

>>>> inclination to experiment excessively, but someone with time shoudl

>>>> try and report experiences (grinnning!! - because I am too lazy to

>>>> do it myself!!!)

>>>

>>> Good luck with GnuCash. I have a client who replaced her Dell

>>> windows laptop with one of their Ubuntu machines. I set her up with

>>> GnuCash as a replacement to QuickBooks. It works but I find it a

>>> little clunky compared to Q or QB.

>>>

>>> Here is a link to a GC user e-mail list and message archive:

>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user

>>>

>> As I mentioned, I haven't realy used gnuc ash, and certainly not as

>> a replacement for QuickBOOKS (I'm a casual user of Quicken, not

>> quickbooks).

>> Btw, I find the mailing list archives a bit clunky to peruse as well,

>> and the https link doesn't really work for me.

> I found the archives okay for researching problems okay but on an

> on-going get help mode I agree it does not work well. I was able to

> set up the mailing list in Thunderbird so that I can download and

> respond via a regular e-mail program.

Well, I like it better if there is a usenet newsgroup-like way. But I am
not really up to the switch yet, so for the moment I'll stay with Q2008.
Should be good at least for another 2 years. By that time I might be
retired ... Yeah!! Hope the stock market will start performing soon ...

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Best regards
Han
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Posted by pyotr filipivich on June 26, 2009, 9:59 pm

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Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:38:59 -0700 did write/type or cause to appear in
alt.comp.software.financial.quicken the following:

>> I can almost deal with the annoying flashing bug.

>> But now I'm in some mode where all online updates

>> just seem to be stuck.

>> I can't stand that Intuit has just decided to

>> take a crap all over their customers.

>> I guess they figure as long as I keep re-upping,

>> I'm happy. Well, I'm not, and I think I'll

>> start looking for better software.

>Maybe I can save you some time, I've been looking for about 7 years and

>there is nothing that even begins to compare.

>If you find something please let me know, thanks.

As I said, I found Quicken 2005 to be such, that I found nothing
better. And that is exactly what I've been using for the last three
years: nothing.

tschus
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you find out it's a Government Project to build more tunnel.

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Eric J. Holtman wrote:
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can almost deal with the annoying flashing bug.<br>
<br>
But now I'm in some mode where all online updates just seem to be stuck.<br>
<br>
I can't stand that Intuit has just decided to take a crap all over
their customers.<br>
</blockquote>
If you really feel that way then you're an idiot for continue to endure
being crapped on. I don't or didn't feel crapped on - I just gave up on
Windows.<br>
<blockquote id="mid_Xns9C36985EC3C64ejhericholtmamcom_216_168_3_30"
guess they figure as long as I keep re-upping, I'm happy. Well, I'm
not, and I think I'll start looking for better software.<br>
</blockquote>
You have an incorrect opinion that they which to keep you happy. They
don't care if you're happy or not. They only care that you purchase
their product. And this is exactly as it should be in a free market
economy.<br>
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