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To: Keith in Iowa; Smogger

> Quicken.

May not be the answer. Be sure to check and see if new
versions of Quicken have Activation and/or are time-bombed
(force subscription-based licensing) and/or also have the
same auto-update or other phone-home risks.

I stopped using Intuit QuickBooks just before it went to
subscription, and stopped using TurboTax just before it
went to Activation (and an unreliable Activation at that).

If I ever need to get off Quicken'98, I'd look and see
what's available in open source, such as:
http://cbb.sourceforge.net
I suspect it has NONE of:
- activation
- subscription
- lock-outs due to phone-home screwups

cbb.sourceforge seems to be overloaded and unresponsive
just now. I suspect a lot of people are realizing that
cheap/free/bundled copy of MS Money was no bargain, and
not something to trust with your money.


37 posted on 07/28/2004 9:45:00 PM PDT by Boundless
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To: Boundless

I use an older version of Quickbooks and it works fine.

What did you replace it with?


38 posted on 07/28/2004 10:14:31 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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