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Free Software Magazine: Trial Balances and Tribulations: Attempting to Import MS Money Data

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 22, 2007

“For most of our home computing needs, I’ve long since
transitioned from a Window’s environment to FOSS alternatives.
Edubuntu as our operating system with the standard list of
applications. However, I still dual-boot our system to accommodate
a few hold-outs running on Windows.

“The most important hold-out is MS Money. I’ve been using MS
Money since the end of 1999 and find the program provides all the
functionality, reporting and ease of use to manage our funds.
However, I’m getting tired of dual-booting the computer. So, I
wanted to try transitioning to a FOSS Personal Finance program. I
decided to try importing the MS Money data into Grisbi, KMyMoneyand
GnuCash…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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