Comments on: Microsoft to discontinue MS Money

The software maker has notified financial institutions that it plans to stop selling its long-running personal finance program, CNET News has learned.

[jefftb]

This is a bummer! MS Money is the BEST product. I HATE Quicken. I've always hoped for a web-based app that works well to allow me to enter transactions and then reconcile them with my bank automatically. Nothing yet. I guess I'll be using MS Money for a long time -- even after it is not supported.

[aafuss]

I also liked Money better than Quicken-me and my dad had been using it since at least Money 3.0 and it's sad to see it being discontinued

I've also tried Quicken on several occassions-but here in Australia where's it is sold by Reckon, there hasn't been a version for Macs or even a Quicken Online.

[gregL_c]

This is a complete slap in the face (and a few expletives deleted) for loyal Money users. I have used it for ten years to manage my finances, those of my 85 year old mother and my schizophrenic brother. All that work is now DESTROYED. I am so angry I could spit nails and just did in a letter to Steve Ballmer. I can't believe there isn't an opportunity to spin this product out to a new startup that would help fullfill the promise of this product. Used correctly it is a great great product unmatched in the marketplace.

[gertruded]

Microsoft is an American corporation and it just doesn't care. It is all about money.

They just do not care. Unless you represent money to them, they just do not care. It is the character of the modern American corporation, only money matters.

[homercles82]

Apple is an American corporation and it just doesn't care. It is all about money.

They just do not care. Unless you represent money to them, they just do not care. It is the character of the modern American corporation, only money matters.

[Regulator7]

Why is your work destroyed? I'm pretty sure that Quicken has a MS Money converter feature. And if not, I guarantee that they will soon, as all of us ticked-off MS Money owners will be looking at Quicken. Whatever accounts and transactions you've set up should be usable in Quicken. You have a right to be pissed at Microsoft, but I bet that all of your hard work won't be in vain.

[p0werful1]

This not bad news for me. I used MS Money for 11 years. Now I am using Money 2007. good program for what it does.

I hope Google documents will soon support money file and have the same function. just my dream.

[Regulator7]

Highly amusing timing.

MS Money was the last piece of software that was really holding me in the Microsoft Windows world. I'm obviously a freak, but I've liked MS Money. Past the 2005 edition, it's been very reliable for me. I've come to rely on the automatic banking feeds. Without that feature though, forget it. I'll go buy & learn Quicken. And if I'm on Quicken, might as well dump Windows and finally make the move to OS X.

I just needed one more good reason to switch. And here it is. Thanks Microsoft! Bye!!

[davehu]

Am bummed at this news. I've been using Money home for 10 plus years. Tried Quicken but thought Money better for managing investment's. To be fair I haven't looked at Quicken for about 5-6 years but it looks like I will now. Mint.com is out with me as I am not sending my banking/broagerage user names and passwords to any third party. Someone earlier suggested Moneydance... Looks interesting.. Anyone else have experiences with it they can share?

[ralfthedog]

Is anyone surprised? with the economy, no one has any money left to track. I understand Microsoft will be releasing a new replacement product called Microsoft Debt.

[ShadowfaxTM]

I've used MS Money since I sent off for the free CD in 1995 and I have been happy with it since. I currently use Money 2003 which I received with a new laptop at that time.

I've had no need to 'upgrade' as all the features I need are in the version I use. Being in the UK my bank doesn't allow automatic syncing so I've used it more as a way of checking against my statements.

Microsoft dropping the product will not stop the version I have from working so it's not really going to make much difference to me, other than security updates.

I have been trying out iBank on the Mac recently and it also does everything I need so I may switch to that but I'm not really sure if I really want to pay out another $59 (or UK equivalent) to replace a piece of software which will still work in the future. (I still use Windows XP through Parallels)

I wouldn't put all my account details and finance infrmation online as this opens up issues of the information being mis-used by 3rd party companies. It also makes it easier for the British Government to gather all my details together when they introduce the ID cards (and the UK database) they're still trying to force through.

The 'Cloud' might sound like a great idea but I prefer to keep my documents & persoanl information on my home computer/backup drive where only I can have access to them.

[pwr1120]

I have used money since the mid 90's and over time I have not been using the on line payments, but the portolio & lifetime planner are nvery good. I am curious if I will be able to get updated stock info when the sunset arrives. I have assests with various institutions and money is the only place I know that I can consolidate them.

[ringaround]

Oh no - I LOVE my Money program! I have Quicken as well but only use that to download from my Quicken card and then I transfer it over to Money where I keep everything else. I am not happy about this.

[anon1837]

I think Microsoft Money was a far greater product than Quicken and I hate to see it go. I will continue to use it until I am no longer able to. I tried to use Quicken's transfer tool and it didn't work, and Quicken crashed on me three times during the attempted setup. I don't think I'll trust an unstable program with my finances.

[szilagyic]

Microsoft discontinuing this product and leaving its consumers in the dark is a prime example of the disadvantages of commercial software. Consider open source software, which does NOT have these issues. I was a frustrated user of Microsoft Money and stopped using it a year ago because it would not install on a Windows 2000 box, it required Windows XP. I am looking at migrating my data to GNUCash, an open source program that will NOT leave its users in the dark. Microsoft Money was an good program, but all of the political problems surrounding it killed it for me. I have moved everything I do over to open source, and it's the best move I have ever made. Keep in mind that even with Quicken, you will be forced to re-buy the software every 3 years or so as they stop it from updating over the Internet.

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