![]() ![]() (And yes, that’s exactly how they worded it: a complete sentence with period followed by a fragment.) ![]() With the convenience of our new membership plan”. On opening it up, the headline says “The new 2018 release of Quicken is here. About 3 days ago, I received a CD-ROM in the mail gleefully announcing my invitation to upgrade to Quicken 2018 (we are currently using Quicken 2016 Home & Business). ![]() About a year ago, Intuit, the owners of Quicken, decided to sell off its consumer products (Quicken) to private equity firm, HIG Capital which put the product’s future in limbo. After 3 years, the product would no longer function for downloading (or importing) transactions and it wouldn’t receive any bug or security fixes. Maybe a little more than a decade ago, Quicken moved to a planned “sunset” product lifecycle model where each new version now had a lifespan of 3 years. The most significant and important update to Quicken came when it started supporting direct transaction downloads from financial institutions making it a lot simpler to balance, categorize and see snapshots of financial health. Most of the time I’ve upgraded either when significant new features were added or when it was required due to a new OS. I have long been a user of Quicken products ever since the very first DOS-based versions came out. ![]()
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