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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. Re:Microsoft money.. by Daengbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't much care, since neither are available for my chosen platform...

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  2. Re:Microsoft money.. by Daengbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're right!
    Na na na na Naaaaaa! I like the water.... Don't you wish that you were wet all day, too?

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  3. hmm.. by manavendra · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    does this make anyone else wonder that MS is finally beginning to feel the pinch from all lawsuits and the growing popularity of linux and other OSS products?

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  4. Sorry... by yoshi_mon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Show me the monkey! Show me the monkey!

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