[Homestead] software recommendations
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Tue Apr 7 16:04:20 EDT 2009
I recall that Money and probably others had an integrated program that
could be used to file taxes...that might be a consideration. Like Don,
I don't trust online companies. In fact, I don't do any kind of auto
payments or bill paying online. I do it the old fashioned way with a
checkbook and a stamp. For me, programs like Money and Quicken would be
best for someone like my folks who pay their bills electronically. For
someone like me, the time lost in duplication was important and in the
end, saving that time is why I stopped using it. I guess I just like
the paper trail, too. It is probably not the 'greenest' thing I do, but
on the other hand, I feel that it is financially safer. There is
something about having an invisible electronic hand having access to
what little money I have that creeps me out.
Bev
Don Bowen wrote:
> I do not completely trust online software for something like personal
> finance. What happens if their business model does not work as well as
> anticipated? That happened with a popular photo sharing site several years
> ago and when they closed thousands lost their photos.
>
> Or what happens if they need to tweak the business model and realize that
> they have a gold mine stored in those databases? Just think what Google
> Adsense could do if they see you have been purchasing rabbit food.
>
> I will keep mine on my computer using software that can be had in the public
> domain and will keep multiple copies.
>
> Don Bowen KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
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