Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

[(Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>]

On 28-Mar-99 Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> "(Ted Harding)" wrote:
>> and it does seem that the accounting/finance area is thinly served.
> 
> This is the primary "missing piece" for me, at least in terms of a
> home, desktop system. While there are some personal finance programs
> available such as Gnucash etc, there is nothing remotely as good as
> Quicken. And I'm certainly not interested in running an older version
> of Quicken with Wine.
> 
> I have gotten used to such things as paying bills on line, downloading
> my credit card statement, and being able to tie all my finances
> (investments, mortgage, credit, checking etc) together seemlessly in
> one software package. 

I suppose one has to consider that (at any rate here in the UK) on-line
banks assume you're using Quicken and interact accordingly, so you could
miss out on a lot of facilities unless you use it.

Ted.

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Date: 28-Mar-99                                       Time: 17:03:12
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