[GNC] Migration

[Dennis Powless]

I can say the migration process wasn't easy, but wasn't too hard.  I was
able to do it and got it up and running with all my old quicken data.  I
can't remember the number of years of quicken data, maybe 5-10 years or
more.  I've probably been with gnucash for about 10 years maybe.

After all is said and done, I'd NEVER go back to quicken.  Gnucash has done
everything I need (I don't have complicated stocks or investments).  I only
use it for my personal finances, not a business, so can't comment on that.


I'm not familiar with MYM12, so don't know about that migration.

Gnucash is a great program and open source, the devs work very hard on
keeping it up to date and are making improvements all the time.

d

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 11:04 PM David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> I won't comment on whether the migration process has become simpler over
> the years, as I haven't done it in about as long.
>
> There has been a huge amount of discussion over the years on the question
> of migration from Quicken (usually tied either to the beginning of a new
> calendar year, or the imposition of a new fee structure by Intuit).
>
> A search of the mailing list archives will turn these up.
>
> Additionally, the wiki includes a summary of many of the points that have
> been raised on the topic.
> wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Importing.2FExporting_Data
>
> I can't comment on the ease of migration from the other application, but I
> can say that the strict enforcement of double entry accounting in gnucash
> causes most Quicken refugees some discomfort. People with complicated stock
> holdings also encounter special challenges typically.
>
> David
>
>
>   On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 6:54, Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user<
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:   On 7/31/19 5:01 PM, Clint Chaplin
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking for, well, some assurance here.
> >
> > How many of you migrated to GnuCash from another financial product?  If
> you
> > did, what did you migrate from?  How much data did you have to migrate?
> > And would you do it again knowing what you know now?
> >
>
> I ran Quicken for a few years, but I could not stand Windows 95 (current
> at the time), so I switched to Red Hat Linux 5 in about mid 1998. A
> little later, I started using GnuCash. It could presumably convert from
> Quicken, but it made such a mess of mine that I just dropped all the old
> data and started afresh.
>
> I suppose in the decade or more since than, Gnucash has improved the
> behavior of the conversions.
>
>
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