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Microsoft today announced it would stop selling its Microsoft Money Plus software at the end of the month, and that all purchased Money Plus products must be activated prior to January 31, 2011.
"With banks, brokerage firms, and websites now providing a range of options for managing personal finances, the consumer need for Microsoft Money Plus has changed," Microsoft wrote on its Money webpage. "After suspending annual updates of Money Plus in 2008, Microsoft is announcing today that we will no longer offer Microsoft Money Plus for purchase after June 30, 2009."
The decision doesn't come as too much of a surprise. In August of last year, Microsoft pulled its Money software from retail shelves and began offering the program as a download-only, while also announcing it would no longer offer annual updates.
"It's a mix of what's going on in the market, what makes sense for long-term for us and a little bit on consumer behavior," said Adam Sohn, a director in Microsoft's Online Business Services unit.
Money joins a growing list of Microsoft products to get the axe since January. Earlier this year, Microsoft said it was discontinuing its Encarta encyclopedia and also stopped selling its Windows OneCare antivirus suite.
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