Intuit Disables Features in Quicken To Force Upgrades

Numerous people submitted a blurb from BoingBoing about Intuit disabling features in older versions of Quicken. Why the BoingBoing submitter and Mr. Doctorow are so upset about this I don't know; when you buy software that's dependent on a for-profit company to keep working, what do you expect?

Re:And what alternative do you have?

[bwalling]

Considering there are no (that I know of) open source or not for profit alternatives that allow you to pay your bills online like Quicken does what alternative do users have?

Well, there's Microsoft Money!

This happened with me and Toys 'R Us

[nysus]

I bought this electronic drum set for my kid at Toys 'R Us. A year, later, this guy in a yellow and orange vest comes to my door with a hammer. I let him in and he proceeds to smash the drums into tiny fragments, making my kid cry. He says, "Sorry, the model of your drum set is out of date. You have to buy the new model." What else could I do? I had to pay another $50 or my kid would go nuts.

Re:And what alternative do you have?

[Anonymous Coward]

Damn those eskimos!
"Inuit"? No, you furry, blubber-eating, alcoholic slopes, you're eskimos! And you're not getting my money.

Re:And what alternative do you have?

[Geek of Tech]

Nah, if it ain't got Clippy, it ain't worth nuttin'.

Re:Cross-platform alternate - mvelopes

[pkiguruman]

Does it work with lynx?

Re:Why not GnuCash?

[Alioth]

On a point of pedantry, GnuCash runs on pretty much any UNIX platform (*BSD, Solaris) as well as Linux.

Re:Why not GnuCash?

[eraserewind]

You really increased your market share by pointing that one out ;)

Re:MOD RACIST PARENT DOWN

[imperious_rex]

Yes, you should be offended. Racism is *everywhere*. Here's some examples of insidious racism that has crept into our lives:

white sale
white paper
white-out
"Dreaming of a White Christmas"

blackboard
black-out
blacklist
Black Forest
Black Sea
"Paint it Black"

brown bag
brown-out
Charlie Brown
UPS's "What can brown do for you?" ads

yellow journalism
yellow as slang for "cowardice"
yellow birch
yellow dog contract
yellow fever

pinky
pinko

and that's just the tip of the iceberg! For those who find racism in anything that refers to colors found in human pigmentation, life is a never ending struggle to avoid being offended. Your plight has touched us all.