Re: Accounting program for linux
From: Crashdamage (03z1krd7_at_nospam.invalid)
Date: 01/19/04
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:05:37 GMT
On 16 Jan 2004 23:22:06 +0100, LEE Sau Dan
<danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
>>>>>> "Hannu" == Hannu <dr@nospam.org> writes:
> Hannu> Can anybody recommend a small business accounting program
> Hannu> for linux? We just found out that Microsoft has decided
> Hannu> that Quickbooks will no longer run on NT 4.0.
> So, you now see the big disadvantage of closed source software and
> closed file formats. You're completely at the mercy of a company --
> something out of your control.
> Hannu> Our company is not getting on the XP platform, we might
> Hannu> consider running Quickbooks on a Mac, but would prefer
> Hannu> Linux, since we use that for everything else. The tricky
> Hannu> thing about accounting programs appears to be the payroll
> Hannu> function, which is country specific.
> I'm not sure if GnuCash satisfies all your needs. I use it
> personally. I've heard some something called "SQL ledger". It may
> worth a try for you.
> Or perhaps you would "recruit" and pay some open-source developers to
> create something you want?
I use GnuCash also, it's terrific. It's a true double-entry accounting
system, which makes it fundamentally better than Quickbooks.
However, GnuCash is a work in progress, in constant development, and
while it's pretty feature-rich and complete, it still may or may not
have all the functionality you need, depending on just what features in
Quickbooks you use. If GnuCash can't presently meet you needs, you can
get Crossover Office from Codeweavers. It will allow you to install and
run Quickbooks directly in Linux, just like it was made for it.
You could also use Win4Lin to run Windoze apps (which I've also long
used with no problems), and run Quickbooks that way, but Win4Lin costs a
little bit more and requires a full installation of Win9x "inside" Linux.
Win4Lin is a wonderful program with the world's best customer support,
but Crossover Office would be a simpler solution.
-- Registered Linux user #266531
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