Glyn
Tue Jan 18 02:21:20 CST 2005
It's about 50:50 over here. Not sure on the specifics of Quicken, but I
would guess it is similar to Money - Money UK is like a cut down version of
Money US, without most of the online stuff thats broken ;-) This is partly
because virtually all of our banks (that provide it) only allow statement
downloads directly from their websites and not any other way.
I can see the level of 'downloadability' over here dropping also.... without
the competition too, the future is uncertain for all financial products
here.
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Glyn Simpson, Microsoft MVP - Money
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"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko@mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:OwM9rLQ$EHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Is the market situation in the UK different than here in the US? I.e.,
> Quicken has way more market share than Money over here. Competition
> between them has drive prices down to barely the cost of the materials in
> the box plus the retailer's margin. Was the Quicken UK version just a
> slight mod from the US or was it very highly unique? I guess I'm wondering
> why Intuit blinked first in your market. I've half been expecting
> Microsoft to blink in this market for several years now.
>
> "Glyn Simpson, MVP" <glyn@serf.org> wrote in message
> news:%23HBzaiN$EHA.3100@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I wait to see a press release on the Intuit site. Money UK 2005 hasn't had
>>the problems fortunately that the US version has had this year, but there
>>will be less impetus to innovate IMHO.
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