No, we do not know for sure. But features of old versions of Money have been
blinking off one-by-one for some time now. Newer versions have an explicit
date for "lights out". The older ones just seem to be gradually getting
cutoff. They did just do a significant update to the MSN Money site. These
have tended to be accompanied by old things getting weeded out. Again, it's
an educated guess.

In the old versions, users implicitly thought Microsoft was promising to
keep them alive forever and Microsoft was implicitly thinking these old
copies would go away before it was an issue. The "online services policy"
and technologies like the M+ date-certain activation now make Microsoft's
position explicit. And, when being honest about it and considering what the
software cost in the first place, can you really blame them?

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Trust me, if I just wanted to see my answers in print, I can get quite the
thrill from groups.google.com without ever posting again:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q...=2007&safe=off

But my answer is definitely an educated guess. Here's the rationale for the
guess: Why should Microsoft feel compelled to keep online services behind
the covers of an application released eight years ago alive forever for
free? Is it "built-on obsolescence"? I suppose in the sense that it might
suggest that they won't indefinitely support a feature of an application
that sold for about $20 and has been updated eight times since, yes, that's
what it is.

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I'm sure Dick is "guessing", but it certainly is a educated guess.
Once you rely on the Money web site to provide you with integrated
financial information you enter into your own copy of Money 2000 you
are ASSUMING that this nice integration will continue forever.
Unfortunately, it just might not. You chose whether you ever want to
spend the money to upgrade the product. Microsoft choses when and if
they will continue to provide you with what you call seamless features
that you like and get used to. Bottom line is MONEY. Either pay or
don't. Good luck. Steve

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So...what you're saying is that this is built-in obsolescence. Are you
"guessing" at this just to see your answer in print, or is this an
"educated" guess based on some prior experience?

I'm guessing that Microsoft is sending a message about the seven year ride
you've had on M2k.

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no longer work in my Money 2000. When I click them, I get "MSN Money-Page
Not Found" and "The page you requested could not be found." But there is a
workable link to the MSN Money Home Page, which is useless because it
doesn't show the specific info that the "fyi" and 'news" links used to
show...for the last SEVEN years :-)

This used to be a nice, seamless feature. What happened all of the sudden?

Any help appreciated. Thanks all.