Long-struggling personal finance app gets axe; Intuit, maker of Quicken, may make users offer
Microsoft said today that it will pull the plug on its Money personal finance program at the end of this month, citing competition from banks, brokerage firms and unspecified Web sites as the reason.
The company posted the the announcement to the front page of the Microsoft Money site on Wednesday, saying that it will end selling the software, which has been available for 18 years, after June 30. Copies purchased prior to that must be activated no later than Jan. 31, 2010.
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Microsoft said today that it will pull the plug on its Money personal finance program at the end of this month, citing competition from banks, brokerage firms and unspecified Web sites as the reason.
The company posted the the announcement to the front page of the Microsoft Money site on Wednesday, saying that it will end selling the software, which has been available for 18 years, after June 30. Copies purchased prior to that must be activated no later than Jan. 31, 2010.
More: http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134237