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Support ending for 2005 Nathan Gutman 01-20-2008
Posted by Nathan Gutman on January 20, 2008, 10:51 am
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 I got a message from Intuit that as of April 30, 2007 Quicken 2005 will
no longer be able to download and update stock prices. They want me
shell out more $$$ and get Q2008 which I don't want and need.
This Intuit's practice is unfair and annoying. Once a piece of software
has been bought and paid for it should do its job indefinitely. It
definitely should be good for more than just three years.
Is there a workaround?
Thanks

--
Nathan Gutman

Posted by DotCom on January 20, 2008, 1:22 pm
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 What makes you think it can download stock quotes NOW?
I think this company is getting riper and riper for a law suit on more than
one level.


>I got a message from Intuit that as of April 30, 2007 Quicken 2005 will no
>longer be able to download and update stock prices. They want me shell out
>more $$$ and get Q2008 which I don't want and need.
> This Intuit's practice is unfair and annoying. Once a piece of software
> has been bought and paid for it should do its job indefinitely. It
> definitely should be good for more than just three years.
> Is there a workaround?
> Thanks
>
> --
> Nathan Gutman


Posted by Marc Auslander on January 20, 2008, 3:06 pm
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> I got a message from Intuit that as of April 30, 2007 Quicken 2005
> will no longer be able to download and update stock prices. They want
> me shell out more $$$ and get Q2008 which I don't want and need.
> This Intuit's practice is unfair and annoying. Once a piece of
> software has been bought and paid for it should do its job
> indefinitely. It definitely should be good for more than just three
> years.
> Is there a workaround?
> Thanks
>
> --
> Nathan Gutman

Its good to be a monopoly :-)

I'm surprised the financial institutions don't attack this from their
end, since they are also captive.

Solution - an open protocol (actually I think one already exists) and
support for an open source client that uses it and has the features needed.

Posted by Charles on January 20, 2008, 4:42 pm
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I have the same problem.

It seems that what Quicken is doing is unethical, and may even be illegal.
They are not simply discontinuing support for an obsolete product, but
they are actually turning off useful features in order to force the user
to upgrade.

There may be other alternatives. There are open source packages available,
but these seem to be quite limited and even more user hostile than
Quicken. There is also a package called Moneydance which costs $30 and is
supposed to be able download bank and brokerage account information.

Finally, there is always Microsoft Money, although it is also time
restricted.

In any case, there is no way in which I am going to continue to use
Quicken.

Posted by gk on January 20, 2008, 5:33 pm
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I don't like Intuit sunsetting their software after 3 years any more
than anybody else.
However, I must say that Quicken is a free ("free" as independent)
standing program and will continue operate on person's computer well
after 3 years.
What's being discontinued are the additional services which were paid
for and included with the software version at the release.
This information was available and well known in 2005 and even before.

There are really just 2 choices - upgrade or live without automatic
updates of transactions.from banks.
Another alternative would be to use something else - different from
Intuit Quicken.

There are many rules we don't like, but we still have to live by them.

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