[ale] Quickbooks?

[Ken Kennedy]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:24:07PM -0500, Irv Mullins wrote:

> On Friday 08 February 2002 02:14 pm, Ken Kennedy wrote:
> > Be aware that (it looks like to me; I could be wrong) all these are
> > non-Free Software solutions. If all you're interested in is "runs on
> > Linux", they work. If you're interested in promoting the Free Software
> > and Open Source community, GnuCash is such a solution.
> >
> > Depends on what you're planning on preaching! *grin*
> 
> You are correct, these are non-free. However, GnuCash is not yet 
> a "small business" accounting solution.  I quote from their website:

...(quote snipped)

> As far as I can tell, GnuCash lacks the ability to do statements, account 
> ageing, and other such necessary stuff that busineses need.  Whether they 
> intend to move it in that direction in the future seems to be still up in the 
> air. 

Irv, you're absolutely correct. I meant to make that clear in my post,
but in dinking around with my reply, I screwed up and took that part
out. My mistake. That being said, it STILL does depend on what one is
planning on preaching...*grin*. If one is going for FS solutions, none
of those are acceptable. If one is going for Linux-based solutions,
they may be.

> Whether there is any mature accounting package available as open source,
> I can't say.

Nor I. I've seen this sorta thread before, on other lists, as it is a
pretty common need, obviously, for small businesses that want to move
off of Windows. I SEEM to recall something hosted on SF, that might
have been fairly "vaporish" last time I checked. Hold on...

huh...don't remember seeing this before:

Compiere: http://www.compiere.org/accounting.html 
(Project hosted at SF: http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/)

What Compiere does

Manage your business better:

    * Optimize your Inventory
    * Enter Sales Orders
    * Receive Orders from the Web
    * Create Invoices and record Shipments
    * Collect Receipts (cash, credit cards) & match with Bank
    * Statements
    * Generate or enter Purchase Orders
    * Record Supplier Receipts and Invoices
    * Pay your Suppliers
    * Enter manual Journals
    * Print reports and statements

"Comprehensive ERP/CRM solution for small-medium enterprises (SME) in
the global marketplace covering all areas from customer management,
supply chain and accounting."

I have NO idea how usable it is, but it does seem to be at least an
active project. To poke around some more, the accounting trove at SF
is at:

http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=76

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Ken Kennedy	| http://www.kenzoid.com	| kenzoid at io.com

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