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Show Me The Money - Microsoft Money Vs. Quicken

Posted by simoniker on from the do-not-pass-go dept.

prostoalex writes "The weblog entry 'Show me the money' is an interesting tale of Microsoft Money from a developer who now manages software development in the Tablet PC group at Microsoft. Having worked before with Money, which was assigned a task of beating Quicken, Philip describes the disasters that happen when marketing and advertising people rule the software development: 'Money's success or failure was judged using the same metrics as MSN's websites. Metrics like minutes viewed per month. Like ad revenue. Like click-through. Stickiness. I am not making this up.'"

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  1. GNUcash by neongenesis · · Score: 5, Informative
    I Started using GNUcash on Linux for exactly the reasons that were stated. I wanted basic checkbook balance, a view of how I manage and mismanage my paycheck, and a little projection of how the bills would eat into the bank account by next paycheck so as to budget toys.

    The learning curve was fairly high, not being an accountant and not knowing anything about this Double Entry Bookkeeping thing.

    I had used Quicken before, and found it OK, but I don't normally run windows...

    Once I made it through the Included tutorials and documentation, I have used GNUcash regularly for the last year or so and am a very happy user.

    It is unfortunate that GNUcash is not on enough radar screens to show up in a weblog like this one. A REAL comparison would be nice.

  2. Use MONEYDANCE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have been a Quicken user for longer than most people around here have been out of diapers. I started back with Quicken 3.0 for DOS.

    Ever since I discovered Linux, I have wanted a replacement that I could live with. I tried lots of stuff running Quicken with Crossover, GNUCash, etc..

    But Moneydance wins. It looks a little primiative but it really really is nicely done. It runs on any platform Linux, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, HPUX etc.. It has a great development company. Email them and they will email you back in a day or less with detailed technical information. Try that with Quicken and Microsoft.

    There is also a very active and helpful online community for support.

    It supports most all online banks systems because it totally emulates quicken to the banks. It even has integrated online bill pay that works great with my BancOne account.

    Try it... for $29.99 its one the best peices of software out there. If your not against paying for anything its great.

    There is also a free 30 trial that will import all your data from your old program.

    http://www.moneydance.com