From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 8 13:35:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A69A415853 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:35:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpilgrim@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 7292 invoked by alias); 8 Mar 1999 21:35:12 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-chat@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 7252 invoked by uid 0); 8 Mar 1999 21:35:11 -0000 Received: from bdsl224.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.169.224) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 8 Mar 1999 21:35:11 -0000 Message-ID: <36E4428F.18D26C1F@uswest.net> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 13:35:11 -0800 From: Nocturne Organization: Neatly stacked heaps of digital chaos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Lambert Cc: veers@disturbed.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why I suffer [Was: Re: Microsoft dies after 47 days (was: Moving on and References: <199903081925.MAA27152@usr04.primenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert wrote: > > technical people[1] how to use an entirely new system. Did I mention > > that it has to be data-compatible with QuickBooks and Quicken so we > > can still read the files we get from clients? Not as simple as one > > might think... > > Data compatability is trivial. The file formats are documented at: (I hope this isn't getting too far off track even for -chat.) The Intuit links are to the portable transaction files, not the data files. QuickBooks (.QBW) and Quicken (.QDF) data files are binary format and passcode encrypted. With each new version Intuit rearranges the file formats, forcing us to upgrade each year when Intuit comes out with a new version. This is the same forward compatibility issue plaguing MS Office users. And since not all of our clients have lots of money and the "newest is best" mentality, we end up dragging them along with us on the upgrade path, bloating our software budget. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message