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To: Pierre Aydin who wrote (5891)	12/2/1997 1:48:00 PM
From: Pierre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I once used MANAGING YOUR MONEY (dos version), a personal finance manager from MECA. I think before MECA was acquired by the banks, it was owned by Harcourt Brace - and before that it was independent. I switched to Quicken awhile back because MYM didn't seem to handle investments as well. For those who use Quicken (Intuit) you will have noticed that if you bank at one of their member banks you have online access to your account. This program (which includes electronic checking) is, however, owned or participated in by MSFT - who undoubtedly have been intending to take over electronic banking for some time. My guess is the consortium of banks that purchased MECA saw MSFT as a a serious competitor in cyber banking and have joined to resist that move. The lineup of banks on both sides is impressive. I'm delighted the MECA group has opted for Sun and JAVA. These are the early skirmishes in what is predicted to be a real war for e-commerce. Incidentally, MECA still makes its windows version of MYM - which I believe is free if you open an account at one of the consortium banks. The MECA home page has some background regarding the consortium's intentions, but I can't remember the url. Pierre