<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">> That's what I did... roll my own. We're a lot alike, I guess. There's<br>> nothing I hate more than spending time learning (and inputting into) new<br>> software only to find X number of limitations that are complete deal<br>> breakers. I just write my own most of the time, after a quick perusal<br>> of the options.<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Yes, it looks like we're a lot alike on this. And since I too hate that wasted time of learning and starting to use software that ultimately has dealbreakers, I do all the research and experiments required beforehand, like I'm doing with GnuCash right now.<br> <br>> Ties into my QB I use for my business too (forced to use "real"<br>> software for the business side for various reasons).<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I have worked a lot with QuickBooks for some clients many years ago, but I refuse to use it for myself due to data entrapment. You can't properly/cleanly export your data from the desktop version, and you can't get your data AT ALL from the online version (Intuit confirmed this to me when I inquired).<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br>> Hey, at least you're not in Brad's boat with MS Money, which they<br>> officially completely ditched a few years back.<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Ouch (poor Brad)! Then again, Money wasn't proper double-entry accounting in the first place. It was Microsoft's answer to Quicken.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br>> Funny that, foxpro outlived Money.<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Yes, quite the irony!<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br>> If you write your own, they can never pull support on you!! :-)<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Yes, I have often made that point to others. Of course, you have to write in a language that will survive (like C/C++), but even if your chosen language dies, you can rewrite your own code into another language and still use the same data files or repository.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br>> DIY-ers of the world unite!<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Amen! It's a case of retaining full control of our own stuff.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331<br></span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 March 2017 at 23:31, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" target="_blank">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">[.....]<br></div><br></div></div>