Stupid user

[tom grady]

I AM SO USE TO QUICKEN, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT GRASP THE USE OF THIS
PROGRAM. DOUBLE ENTRY ACCOUNTING STUFF. WHO CARES? ACCOUNTANTS CARE, BUT  I
DON'T WANT TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT. I'M 71 YEARS OLD. I HAVE AN ACCOUNTANT AND
HE TAKES MY PRINT OUT OF WHAT AND WHERE I SPENT AND DOES HIS JOB.

I AM ONLY INTERESTED  IN  LISTING PAYEES, CATEGORIES, BALANCES, RECONCILING,

 A PROFIT AND LOSS AND A YEAR ENDING PRINTABLE STATEMENT.  "PERIOD"  . WELL
MAYBE A PIE CHART.

LIKE MICROSOFT, QUICKEN HAS TO KEEP CHANGING THEIR SOFTWARE TO STAY IN
BUSINESS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME THE PRODUCT DOES NOT GET EASIER TO USE, JUST
MORE SOPHISTICATED BELLS AND WHISTLES AND CONFUSING. " REMEMBER I'M STUPID"


YESTERDAY IN GNUC , I ENTERED FROM MY JANUARY'S BANK STATEMENT INTO YOUR
REGISTER THAT HAD NO WHERE TO PUT A CATEGORY. THEN I SAVED IT. I COULD NOT
BACK IT UP TO DISC.

THIS MORNING I OPENED GNUCASH AND CANNOT FIND THE JANUARY REGISTER I WAS
WORKING ON. I CANT FIND THE FILE IN MY DOCUMENTS OR ANYWHERE.

IF YOU LIKE I WILL COME DOWN WHERE EVER YOU ARE AND SIT DOWN AND YOU CAN
WRITE A PROGRAM, PICKING MY STUPID BRAIN SO THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN
UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE IT.

I'M NOT A SOFTWARE WRITER BUT HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TO TAKE SEGMENTS
FROM THE GNU PROGRAM , CHANGE SOME WORDS TO CREATE A SIMPLE COMPREHENSIVE
VERSION OF A CHECKING ACCOUNT RECONCILIATION PROGRAM ?

I'LL BET YOU TEN BUCKS THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO DOWN LOAD YOUR PROGRAM
ARE NON ACCOUNTANTS, JUST LIKE ME AND GIVE UP. BUT YOU DON'T HEAR FROM THEM.


I'M SURE I'M NOT ALONE WHEN I SAY I WOULD GLADLY PAY FOR AN OPEN SOURCE
PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR UNLESS THE PROGRAM GETS "
EASIER" TO USE!!!!!


BACK IN 1984, I WROTE A LETTER LIKE THIS TO A NICE YOUNG SOFTWARE WRITER IN
NEWPORT NEWS VA.  AND HELPED HIM WITH SUGGESTIONS TO REWRITE HIS PAYROLL
SOFTWARE CALLED  "PC PAYROLL" THAT WORKED FINE AND CHARLIE WAS GREATEFUL FOR
MY HELP. I USED THAT PROGRAM FOR THE 2 BUSINESS I HAD. WORKED GREAT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE TREES TO SEE THE FOREST.

KEEP THEM HONEST. LINUS.  GO GET EM.

THANKS FOR READING THIS
                                                                   SINCERELY
                                                                      TOM
GRADY