Microsoft says goodbye to Money

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Microsoft quietly revealed Wednesday afternoon that it plans to cut off sales of its long-running Microsoft Money Plus product as of the end of June.

"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" said a posting on the Money Website.

Additionally, Microsoft cautioned that any Money Plus products need to be activated before Jan. 31, 2011.

Microsoft said discontinuing the 17-year-old Money products resulted from changes in the market for personal financial software.