Microsoft has always been one of the best companies for giving you a free taste of their products.  One of their newest initiatives is the Small Business line of applications, including their Accounting software.  With their most recent release of their 2007 version, they are now offering a free version.

I use QuickBooks specifically so m accountant can open my books up and fix my mistakes.  Since I am now using Vista, I get this annoying message that QuickBooks isn't meant for Vista and I should upgrade.  I was looking to see how much the new upgrade would cost (I'll probably wait till next year to upgrade), and low and behold, they now offer a completely free version now!

Isn't that awesome how an industry leader can be made to bend to the will of a competitor?  Now, I just wish my accountant would use Microsoft Accounting instead, so I wouldn't have to pay to upgrade to QuickBooks!