On 6/13/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/13/07, Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Intuit has been famous for a rigid attitude of "if Linux is in the > > picture we don't support it". > > > >> Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) announced today that businesses will soon > >> be able to operate QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions(r) from Linux servers. > > Oh, hell, we could do that before. You just had to lie and tell > tech support it was a Windows server. QuickBooks is entirely > file-share based. You could serve it off a Palm Pilot as long as it > had an SMB server. All they're really saying here is their support > won't hang up on you. I've dealt with Intuit support before; I'm not > sure that's an improvement. > > I'm still waiting for someone with Clue about accounting to take a > look at Quasar Accounting from Linux Canada Inc. It's a small > business accounting package similar in concept to QuickBooks. Real > client/server database. Runs on Windows *and* Linux. Released under > the GPL, so it's real Free(dom) Software. > > I was able to test and confirm that it ran on a Linux server, > talking to 'nix and 'doze clients, but I know nothing about > accounting, so it was all FORTRAN to me. > > And, of course, their website is down right now. ~sigh~ > > http://www.linuxcanada.com/ >
Looks interesting, however despite the writeups a couple years ago on Newsforge and also by Marcel Gagne, there seems to be no new announcements on the company mailing list or releases visible on their website. I quickly ended up on this wikipedia page comparing Accounting packages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_accounting_software That led me to TinyERP. Looking at TinyERP, it seems to be a powerful system. I was impressed by the breadth and quality of the site. The code is Python, and module-based so that there are lots of functional modules. I was impressed to see some nice project management and costing functionality included. http://www.tinyerp.com/ A French company, so some of the site is French. For Ubuntu fans, it's in Feisty. > -- Ben > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
