Quicken 2006 Release Date

Just an fyi, various flavors of Microsoft Money 2006 are already in retail outlets near New York City. (This is *NOT* to start a slew of "me too" sightings, I just don't remember anyone else posting the availability of the 'competition'.

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- Andrew

What's your point?

Just wanted to make people aware for those who are interested in the newest version of Quicken like myself.

Just out of curiosity, why are you so interested in the new version?

Do you know of any improvements, or are you one of those people that just likes the latest and (sometimes the) greatest?

Notan

I am one of them who looks for the latest version and am interested in what new features will be available just like any other person. There are many people who wait for new versions of products and I happen to be one of them.

I believe in Intuit and think they will continue to improve the product year after year by listening to their end users unlike Microsoft who doesn't listen to the end users as they design the product based on what will be useful for the end users.

Notan wrote:

I was with you on the first paragraph, but, in my opinion, you lost all credibility on the second.

Were you not around for Intuit's illustrious Sunsetting?

Have you read *any* threads, where Intuit listened to their customers?

How's their support been, over the years?

Etc., etc., etc.

Notan

I too think that Intuit improves the product each year, but with a product like Quicken, there's a limit to what improvements are possible. In recent years, I've found that the improvements from one year to the next are generally so minor that it's not worth the cost of upgrading. As a result I find myself upgrading only every second or third year.

I'm running QW2004 now, so this next version might be one I'll buy if it looks there's anything substantial that's new in it. But as always, I'll wait and see before making up my mind.

"LISTENING TO THEIR CUSTOMERS??????"

WHAT ABOUT THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS IN THE UK WHO ARE BEING DUMPED??? Posting from Peter Rogers

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I understand there are alot of customers who may be upset about the sunset policy but you have to respect the fact that business is business. Look at Microsoft they have instituted the same policy in which you purchase the new version of Money and you have 2 years of downloads.

Businesses have the right to make the decisions that are best for the company and Intuit has done that but they didn't have to offer a rebate like they did to get the latest version of Quicken when they put out the press release about discontuning downloads for previous versions of Quicken. They could have said you have to buy the full version of Quicken at full price in order to have downloads from your financial institutions. Many customers would have been more upset to pay the full price rather they offered rebates.

Peter Rogers wrote:

While I didn't/don't like some of their policies (e.g., Sunset), I completely understand that, from a business standpoint, it was a good move.

But, to suggest that they listen to their subscribers, and they're not at *all* like Microsoft, that's utterly absurd!

Notan

"Notan" wrote

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I believe it's "utterly absurd" to suggest that Intuit does not listen to their customers. Where are you coming from with that one?

If they didn't listen to their customers then they would not be coming out with patches or new versions each and every year.

I strongly believe that Intuit is taking all the suggestions and feedback from the emails and the forums to help make the Quicken product better than the previous year.

The best judgement is reserved for when the new product releases then you make a statement if they have improved on the product or not.

It it those who are resistent to change who are the most vocal especial those with regards to the Sunset Policy implentation.

As you may know or not know the Sunset Policy recently implemented is not the first time it was done as it was implemented for those users previous to version 2001 such as 98, 99, 2000.

On Sun 31 Jul 2005 07:44:59p, Rick Hess wrote in news:KeeHe.20721$G71.3692 @bignews3.bellsouth.net:

Hey I just muttered something about them the other night. I am pretty sure they didn't hear me ;)

"Mike L" wrote

LOL

I admit, "utterly absurd" was just a knee-jerk reaction to the suggestion that Quicken listens to its customers, more so than companies like Microsoft.

They're just like Microsoft, only smaller!

Notan

While the availability of a download may be of interest to some, it's usually an expensive proposition. You can always match and often beat the on-line price. Add in the S&H and it's always more expensive than buying it in the stores.

I've mentioned this before, but if you use TTAX, it's best to wait until the new version is released (Nov?). The retail stores (Staples is one) always have a deal on the latest version of Q bundled with the purchase of TTAX. For the past several years, I've gotten TTAX Deluxe (State and Federal), Quicken Deluxe, Norton AV, along with some other misc items for the cost of the TTAX Deluxe Federal package (minus it's rebate).

Let's be realistic.... The best you can say is that Intuit changes the program each year. Sometimes they improve things. Sometimes the break things. Sometimes they drop things or just change them for no apparent reason. Always, they piss a lot of people off. It's become clear that their main driver for change is to create demand for upgrades, either by adding features, moving features from the Basic to the Deluxe or dropping support for older versions. It's sometimes hard to believe that customer requirements are the main driving force for changes....

Overall, there has seldom been an overriding reason to migrate every year. Upgrading every 2 or 3 years is seldom a problem.

Having said that, I actually upgrade every year, but mainly because I end up getting the Deluxe version for free when I buy TTAX deluxe....

There's no question that Intuit "listens". The question is how much that affects the changes they make vs. the objective of increasing revenue.

In Intuit's Quicken forums, it is obvious that Intuit is listening, and attempting to incorporate some of the feedback they get. These are actual Intuit employees with links to the development teams, not "MVPs" (which are Microsoft's non-employee appointed "Most Valuable Professionals" who have been determined to be especially helpful to MS customers by sharing their knowledge -- kind of like John Pollard is here).

Does Intuit listen to their customers more than MS, or vice versa? Hell, I don't know; but they do listen. I've seen it first hand, and the changes due with Q2006 incorporate at least one major change that many have said they would like to see back in the product (image attachments).

No successful company can survive without listening to their customers. And I can't think of any successful companies that can incoprorate every change that's suggested.

Care to elaborate?