> I've said many times that businesses often choose the tool, now more than ever.
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>You mean the tool or the database?
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>By 2008, Quickbooks controlled >94% of business accounting retail sales in the US.
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>Customer choice of database in Quickbooks is:
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>a) SQL Anywhere,
>b) SQL Anywhere, or
>c) SQL Anywhere.
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>You probably think you know where I'm going... but try this: Latest versions of Quickbooks are written in NET. Any guesses what's going to happen with databases? ;-)
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>The issue for Intuit is that having dominated the *enormous* market segment that doesn't require database or development choices, growth requires invasion of the numerically far smaller but wealthier market segments whose personnel do want to issue specifications.

Hi,
Interesting. I haven't seen anything that indicates an intention by Intuit to target substantially larger businesses. If they do so intend then I understand they've a *long* way to go in terms of functionality as well as performance. True that MS seems to be aggressive in targeting QB users who are outgrowing the product - but in practice I'd bet only a very small percentage of businesses using Intuit actually expand to that extent.

And have you seen/heard anything to indicate Intuit is considering a change in DB? Not saying they *shouldn't* consider it though - AIU the Mac version is withering on the vine so UNIX support may no longer be a consideration.
Best,
Viv