UK users give QuickBooks 2008 the raspberry

Rest on your laurels too long?: Through ZDNet and Vista application compatibility, I learned that Intuit never even bothers to adopt XP best practices software rules (2001 timeframe)

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=413
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=413

opting, most probably, to keep development investment to an absolute minimum to maximize shareholder profits on a revolving short term basis and are now paying for their shortsightedness (I call this maximazing profits in a short term gain long term pain manner). Now, they find their product extremely difficult to port, let alone add new golden handcuffs, let alone install easily or provide for excellent backward compatibility all while trying to gouge consumers with inflated prices the shareholder will demand because they can't understand why, all of a sudden "high returns, in a quarter or two" are affected.

A lesson for all businesses, rest if you must, but only to the point where you re-focus on innovation and quality to remain at the top.

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