Quote :

"Dear valued Microsoft® Office Accounting customer: We are writing to let you know that we will no longer distribute Microsoft Office Accounting after November 16, 2009. As a registered Office Accounting user, you may continue to use Office Accounting after November 16, 2009 and Microsoft will continue to offer product support for Office Accounting in accordance with the terms of the support policy. However, the following add-on services for Office Accounting will be discontinued on December 15, 2009: online sales through eBay, credit profile through Equifax, download of tax mappings for tax preparation software and setting up online banking. To learn more about other Microsoft offerings that can be useful to your business, please visit the following: - Microsoft's Small Business site is a great resource for small businesses. - Microsoft Dynamics products offer adaptable business management solutions. - Microsoft Office is a great tool for small businesses, especially when used with our easy-to-use templates. If you have further questions about these changes, additional information can be found on the Office Accounting FAQ page. Thank you for your support of Office Accounting. The Office Accounting Team"

Any insight into why Noen?

10/30/2009 10:09:40 PM

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10387177-56.html

Quote :

"we have determined that existing free templates within Office used with Excel was a better option for small businesses, and the Microsoft Dynamics ERP products were appropriate for mid-range organizations"

In other words, our profit margins for this product, targeted towards small business customers, sucked. They were costing us too much in development / support / etc. without bringing in enough revenue. Our medium to large-sized customers we have determined produce the necessary margins, and therefore will have a new product we can upsell them to AND offer migration to via our services / consulting division if they are presently using Microsoft Accounting.

*Note, I'm not hating on Microsoft specifically, happens all the time when large software companies choose to withdraw the product from sales / marketing (EOM) and then eventually cease standard AND extended support (EOS).

10/31/2009 8:57:34 AM

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10/31/2009 12:45:29 PM

It's so good though

10/31/2009 1:05:40 PM