Yes, it is. That's why I'm not happy. I would love a non-convoluted alternative to QuickBooks...
Which I did for a while... -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote: > “In the beginning…” Great Plains, Navision, and uh, another one I’ve > forgotten, oh yeah, Solomon; were products of other companies. > > > > Microsoft bought them, to start it’s move into the enterprise resource > planning space. As it’s been known to do before – it bought market share. > > > > The original hope/plan was to merge these three into a single product. > > > > As all three were completely utterly different in terms of architecture and > only shared clientele on the low-end (mainly) so MSFT designed a platform > and started the “great re-code”. > > > > Customers complained in droves. Said they’d leave. Microsoft dropped the > plan, after a lot of work was done on the new platform – which became MOA. > > > > MSFT went ahead and released MOA hoping it would be a “QB killer”, but > didn’t put enough money/time/energy/whatever behind it; and it never > acquired sufficient market share. As they are wont to do, after a few years > of not getting market share in “non-core businesses” (although who the heck > would call Xbox a core business?) they cancelled the product; especially > after the updates started to impact share in the other platforms that MSFT > never killed off. > > > > Rest In Peace. > > > > It’s actually a pretty darned good product, in my experience. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 4:59 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Small business/SOHO accounting > > > > *>>But MSFT dumped it late last year, and 2009 SP3 is probably the last > update we'll ever see.* > > > > Really? > > > > Why does Microsoft keep playing with Home/Business Accounting software if > they're not going to keep up with it? > > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> > wrote: > > Really, truly, I think QB is the only mainstream alternative left. > > Personally, I and a number of other Microsoft people use Microsoft Office > Accounting. But MSFT dumped it late last year, and 2009 SP3 is probably the > last update we'll ever see. > > My plan is to, sometime next year, move over to QB. > > I may try one of the free alternatives, but probably not. My accountant is > giving me pressure to move to QB as well. He's tired of CSV's. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 2:43 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Small business/SOHO accounting > > Hello, world! > > Anyone care to give recommendations in the small business/SOHO accounting > product space? QuickBooks is very common, but also rather expensive, and in > the past I've had horrible experiences with Intuit customer service, and > I've learned that "most common" does not mean "best". For this user, > traditional software and web services are both acceptable. They've got just > one PC, running Vista. > > I Googled "quickbooks alternatives" and found a bunch of hits, but this is > one of those areas where practical experience is invaluable, so I thought > I'd see if anyone here has anything they'd want to share. > Recommendations on what to avoid would also be useful. > > advTHANKSance > > -- Ben > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
