[moneydance] current balance is old?

[Ruth Harris]

Just realized that my reply only went to Ric - sorry.

Ric Werme wrote:
>> I understand the feeling grouchy part (yep, here too) but it is really 
>> not advisable to leave any program open for days at a time. This is the 
>> kind of thing that can really trash a file or program if something 
>> unexpected happens - like a computer lockup. And computer issues don't 
>> only happen on Windows, no matter what the Mac and *nix fanbois like to 
>> say ;-)
>>     
>
> Sure, but you should probably extend that to operating systems, several
> allocate and forget to free RAM from time to time.
Actually, I do include my OS in that statement. I am one of those
terribly old fashioned people who restarts their computer daily.
Everything works better, program memory leaks are closed, and I am a
happier person :-)  My position is that anything that is intended for
direct use by the unwashed masses should not be treated like an Apache
server and left running indefinitely.
>
> My career is OS architecture and implementation (though I don't have any
> code in Windows or Linux), and I'm quite comfortable leaving Moneydance
> running for weeks.
I am coming from the other end of the spectrum - my real job is
supporting end users on database accounting software. I have seen almost
unbelievable horror stories over the years regarding database corruption
and no viable backups. It has given me a very healthy respect for the
care and feeding of any program that has all of my financial information
- or maybe paranoia is a better term. But I have not lost any data for
~10 years or so.

Also, within the last year we have had reports on this mailing list
regarding database and backup corruption - there was a specific cause
found, IIRC, but it still happened. And that is my point.
>
> I usually exit it if I want to run some other app in the virtual screen
> I save for such things (so I don't accidentally type at it) or run my
> networth program (running two copies of MD at once isn't a best practice).
>
> 	-Ric Werme
>   
Yep. Best practices will keep you from serious regrets. And from my
point of view, not leaving an end user program running for days on end
should be considered a best practice. But that is strictly my opinion.

Ruth