Microfinance Practice: Re: [MFP] Microfin.com website is no more

I thought todays xkcd was particularly apt:
http://xkcd.com/1667/

thanks for all the years chuck.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Narasimhan srinivasan
shrin54@yahoo.co.in [MicrofinancePractice]
<MicrofinancePractice@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Chuck
> Microfin had been the software of choice especially for planning and
> projections for a long time - about two decades?. Many leading MFIs started
> off with Microfin and benefited considerably through your training courses.
> I have been surprised at most unlikely locations where a version of Microfin
> turned up as the underlying planning tool. As Microfin takes its last
> steps, many in the sector are thankful for its contributions in their
> formative years.
> You, Chuck, deserve special thanks. I hope that you are coming up with
> something new that is as impactful as Microfin and MFT.
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> Best regards
> Srinivasan
> On 14-Apr-2016, at 2:56 AM, Chuck Waterfield chuck.waterfield@gmail.com
> [MicrofinancePractice] wrote:
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> All,
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> As of this week the website www.microfin.com is no longer used for the
> Microfin software. As clearly indicated on the website for the past four
> years, I no longer provide technical support for the software, and now I no
> longer support the website either.
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> The software (unchanged over the past five years) is still available and can
> still be used, though as Microsoft changes operating systems and changes
> versions of Excel, it is by no means guaranteed to work on all systems.
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> The link below will download the latest (and final) version of Microfin,
> version 4.14. Please keep this email and link for your records if you have
> any interest.
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> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2371450/Microfin%204.14.zip
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> In case you're curious, Microfin was developed in January 1997, nineteen
> years ago. The website was active for nearly that entire time. That's a
> pretty good run for a software program that was always 100% free for that
> entire duration. And it still is available and still is free… and still in
> use by a good number of people. It just doesn't have a website. :)
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> Regards,
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> Chuck Waterfield
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