Quicken vs. MS Money vs. GnuCash

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Is Quicken free?
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No, it is not.


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El Gee - www (dot) mistergeek (dot) com <><

Did you hear the one about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac?
He had trouble sleeping at night, wondering if there was a dog.
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Nope, sorry. But, if you want a nice, freeware money manager that I
believe can import Quicken format files (it does import several
standard formats), they try ACE MONEY LITE:

http://www.mechcad.net/products/acemoney/index_lite.shtml

I like it so much I bought the SW version, which can manage multiple
accounts.
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I concur. If I actually boought software, I might as well :) . I still
may, since I do have the desire to have a mutliple accounts on one
tool/file.

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Did you hear the one about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac?
He had trouble sleeping at night, wondering if there was a dog.
Remove yourhat to reply ... but it may take a while.
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Martha said:
Is Quicken free?
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If it isn't by now, then it probably never will be ... which is to say,
it probably never will be.

To be fair, I've never used GnuCash, so take what I say with a pinch of
salt, but the website appears not to have had news for the last 2 years,
and I've never heard Linux distros trumpeting it, so I'm assuming that
it's a bit of a dead dog.

Late last year I bought MS Money. It's a full-featured personal finance
package for around 20'ish quid from Amazon. It's quite good, it even
updates your portfolio from the internet. I like freeware as much as the
next guy, but considering the price of MS Money, why dicker about?

Maybe Quicken is better, I don't know. But I'm betting that both Quicken
and Money are quite good, so you pays your money, and you takes your
choice. Neither decision will turn out to be a disasterous one.
 
Mark Carter wrote:

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If it isn't by now, then it probably never will be ... which is to say,
it probably never will be.

To be fair, I've never used GnuCash, so take what I say with a pinch of
salt, but the website appears not to have had news for the last 2 years,
and I've never heard Linux distros trumpeting it, so I'm assuming that
it's a bit of a dead dog.
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Umm, Mark, just _where_ did you go looking for GnuCash?

The GnuCash site, <http://gnucash.org/> has this line prominent on it:
"Announcement: GnuCash 1.8.11 Release - (2005-02-07 01:51:04)"

Perhaps your GNU-fu is on the blink? :-)

Cheers,
Gary B-)
 
Thomas said:
Without (I sincerely hope) igniting a flame war, can anyone tell me
why they switched from one to the other, and is GnuCash ready for
prime time?

I know that it all depends upon what you want to use the software
for. So here are my first pass requirements:

Basic transaction accounting
Download (synchronize account) activity with
my bank without fee (possible?)
Manage my portfolios (not required)

Bill pay is not necessary---I do that in other ways.

Thanks!
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An open Sorce in development program that you may want to look at
http://www.boke.co.uk/money

Called Liberty Money written using Liberty Basic.

Just another option to look at, though I don't know if it is what you
are looking for.

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