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Intuit releases Quickbooks Simple Start 2008 for free
Up until now, Intuit had been charging $100 for its starter accounting app. By offering a free version, Intuit stands to gain some small business customers who might have otherwise gone with Microsoft. And the only reason either company offers any software for free is because they plan to make money down the road, either through advertising, selling your data, or enticing you to upgrade when you outgrow the limitations of the free software.
But for a free application, Quickbooks Simple Start is pretty powerful. Here are just a few of the things you can do:
- Create and manage invoices
- Analyze your income and expenses
- Manage multiple accounts, vendors, and services
- Run sales, transaction, tax, and expense reports
[via AppScout]

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John Laur said 2:39PM on 10-16-2007
This is a lot better than their old free version that some braindead person decided to limit to 20 customers/vendors. The limit seems to have been removed according to the FAQ.
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chris russell said 9:30AM on 10-17-2007
I just upgraded from qb2006 to 2008.Lost 3 months of data.Intuit tech support is nice but completely lost.I think this is another case of rush to release and let the customer be the unpaid beta testers.DON'T DO IT!!!
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