Comments on: When Being Proprietary Makes You Do Stupid Things

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:09:57 +0000

I think you mean “went to”.

By: Eric Mesa

Eric Mesa — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:05:54 +0000

You are correct. In this specific case, MoneyDance is not libre software. All I know is that he originally made it libre software so he understands the evils some makers proprietary software peddle in. Unfortunately, he took it proprietary, but he promised that if he ever decides to no longer work on it that he will make it libre software again.

By: markit

markit — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:28:05 +0000

I’ve followed the link to Moneydance you suggested and your wife preferred to “escape” from M$money.
Seems to me that is not Free (as in freedom) software, so?
Changing master does not transform you in a Free men.
Am I missing something?

By: Eric Mesa

Eric Mesa — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:07:57 +0000

Indeed…they will continue to bleed users…

By: JAFO

JAFO — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:35:21 +0000

This happened to me a while back with American Express. I closed my account out and went to Linux and never looked back. I used KMyMoney and tried GnuCash. Works for me.

So Long, MS…….

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:59:28 +0000

I wonder how many people still let themselves be led by the nose like this.