On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 06:51 -0700, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> Hello all:
> I've been trying for some time to get rid of a particular Windows legacy
> machine, which I keep only for the copy of Quick Books on it. I would
> like to switch over to Gnu Cash or some other Linux program, but QB is
> the only program my current accountant will deal with. So I need to find
> a Linux-friendly accountant, preferably in the Glendale area, but
> hopefully no further east than Tempe. I have less than two months until
> the corporate tax deadline of 3/15, so I need to take action now.
>
> Secondly, I would like to know if there are any good programs - Linux or
> Windoze, free or not - to help me extract my QB information in a
> convenient manner. I'm _extremely_ irritated with Intuit, so the last
> thing I want to do is buy an update and give them any more money. And
> that's what I'd have to do to keep using the program.
>
> /Begin rant
> At the moment, I can't even _move_ my ancient copy of QB99 to another
> Windows system. I tried installing QB99 on my wife's XP machine, but it
> couldn't read my company file. Why not? Because, back in 99 and 2000,
> Intuit seduced me into accepting their online updates. Now I discover
> that my company data is marked as being a NEWER REVISION than QB99, and
> in QuickBooks, NOTHING is backwards compatible. And of course Intuit
> doesn't support a 9-year-old program, so I'm stuck. I'm not by any means
> an open-source fanatic. But I AM an open-format fanatic. This is _my_
> data, I own it. Intuit sucks!
> /End rant
>
> Thanks for any advice you folks can give me!
> Vaughn
>
> PS If anyone knows of a sneaky way to patch my files so that a virgin
> copy of QB99 can read it, that would also be helpful.
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try installing demo of MyBooks and see if it can import...
http://www.appgen.com/site/mybooks_professional.htm
Craig
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