Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 00:08:05 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: dpilgrim@uswest.net (Nocturne) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, veers@disturbed.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why I suffer [Was: Re: Microsoft dies after 47 days (was: Moving on Message-ID: <199903090008.RAA28180@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <36E4428F.18D26C1F@uswest.net> from "Nocturne" at Mar 8, 99 01:35:11 pm
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> (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. The second interchange format that I pointed to provides not just transactions, but everything you can have in your data. In general, this is their upgrade mechanism: 1) Export to interchange format from old program 2) Import from interchange format in new program (per the documentation on upgrading on the WWW site). In general, if you have your customers send their data in interchange format theyy will not have to upgrade when you upgrade. Also, any freeware version that can import/export interchange format can import all the data that was exported. See their FAQ, especially the section on exporting data from one business, and importing it at another. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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