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Catalina and my Accounting Software--Please explain
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<blockquote data-quote="nancyspeed" data-source="post: 1840481" data-attributes="member: 59571"><p>I hate to seem ignorant but I guess I am. I've used a wonderful accounting software called Account Edge for 24 years. It was called MYOB (mind your own business) and then morphed into Account Edge. For months now they have sent out notices not to upgrade to Catalina because Account Edge was not compatible, and they would let us know as soon as it was ready. </p><p></p><p>So today they send out a notice that it will never happen. And then proceed to use all this language I do not understand about a hosted subscription service. Why can't they fix their codebase? Someone commented on their FB page it is " because they ultimately decided it was not worth the investment. Clearly, a subscription/cloud-based model is where they want to drive their users, and this 64-bit port provides the rationalization for driving AE users toward that more profitable (to them) model. Know that there is nothing prohibiting a 64-bit port..."</p><p></p><p>So now I'm wondering instead of actually involving a team of developers and analysts to make A/Edge compatible with Catalina, they were busy getting their $40 a month subscription service going instead.</p><p></p><p>From notice:</p><p>"We are disappointed to share that we will not be able to offer a Catalina-compliant version of AccountEdge - now or in the future. In the end, AccountEdge’s 30-year-old codebase proved too outdated to establish compatibility with Apple’s newest operating system. In spite of a multi-year project that involved a team of developers and analysts, it’s a project we will not be able to complete.</p><p></p><p>We recognize the inconvenience this presents to many loyal, long-time AccountEdge Mac users and for that we are truly sorry. Until very recently it has been our earnest intention to deliver you something compliant, new and awesome.</p><p></p><p>We’ve outlined your options, whether you choose to continue using AccountEdge (including on macOS Catalina) or to evaluate our best-in-class cloud solutions where we can, of course, help to convert your AccountEdge data.</p><p></p><p><strong>AccountEdge Options</strong></p><p><strong>DON'T UPGRADE TO CATALINA</strong></p><p></p><p>We will continue to update AccountEdge for those that continue to use AccountEdge on your Mac. We’ll deliver payroll tax updates and upgrades for years to come and we will be proactive in communicating our plans. In fact, AccountEdge 2020 is now available.</p><p></p><p><strong>ACCOUNTEDGE HOSTED (NEW)</strong></p><p></p><p>We recently launched a hosted, subscription service that allows you to access your AccountEdge company file from any Mac or Windows environment, including Catalina."</p><p></p><p>(end quote). And then they go on to say "We will continue to develop, support and enhance AccountEdge for Windows, which is not impacted by macOS compatibility issues. Should it be convenient for you to use AccountEdge in a Windows environment, we will convert your Mac licenses (at no charge) to Windows."</p><p></p><p>I understand what a subscription based software program is but that isn't what I really want. But I just don't really understand why they just gave up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nancyspeed, post: 1840481, member: 59571"] I hate to seem ignorant but I guess I am. I've used a wonderful accounting software called Account Edge for 24 years. It was called MYOB (mind your own business) and then morphed into Account Edge. For months now they have sent out notices not to upgrade to Catalina because Account Edge was not compatible, and they would let us know as soon as it was ready. So today they send out a notice that it will never happen. And then proceed to use all this language I do not understand about a hosted subscription service. Why can't they fix their codebase? Someone commented on their FB page it is " because they ultimately decided it was not worth the investment. Clearly, a subscription/cloud-based model is where they want to drive their users, and this 64-bit port provides the rationalization for driving AE users toward that more profitable (to them) model. Know that there is nothing prohibiting a 64-bit port..." So now I'm wondering instead of actually involving a team of developers and analysts to make A/Edge compatible with Catalina, they were busy getting their $40 a month subscription service going instead. From notice: "We are disappointed to share that we will not be able to offer a Catalina-compliant version of AccountEdge - now or in the future. In the end, AccountEdge’s 30-year-old codebase proved too outdated to establish compatibility with Apple’s newest operating system. In spite of a multi-year project that involved a team of developers and analysts, it’s a project we will not be able to complete. We recognize the inconvenience this presents to many loyal, long-time AccountEdge Mac users and for that we are truly sorry. Until very recently it has been our earnest intention to deliver you something compliant, new and awesome. We’ve outlined your options, whether you choose to continue using AccountEdge (including on macOS Catalina) or to evaluate our best-in-class cloud solutions where we can, of course, help to convert your AccountEdge data. [B]AccountEdge Options DON'T UPGRADE TO CATALINA[/B] We will continue to update AccountEdge for those that continue to use AccountEdge on your Mac. We’ll deliver payroll tax updates and upgrades for years to come and we will be proactive in communicating our plans. In fact, AccountEdge 2020 is now available. [B]ACCOUNTEDGE HOSTED (NEW)[/B] We recently launched a hosted, subscription service that allows you to access your AccountEdge company file from any Mac or Windows environment, including Catalina." (end quote). And then they go on to say "We will continue to develop, support and enhance AccountEdge for Windows, which is not impacted by macOS compatibility issues. Should it be convenient for you to use AccountEdge in a Windows environment, we will convert your Mac licenses (at no charge) to Windows." I understand what a subscription based software program is but that isn't what I really want. But I just don't really understand why they just gave up. [/QUOTE]
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