On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > We *need* at least as an option to provide simple, easy to modify, >> > preferably from the browser, templates. >> > > > Or is a book keeper for a small business. > Small Business as a market means many things to different people. I would recommend that someone define clearly what the project wants it to mean and then write the code to that specific definition.
I would prefer to work on a project that intends to solve slightly bigger problems. I envision an office where there is either a technical person on staff or on contract with the ability to install and support LedgerSMB. I also anticipate the office staff will have sufficient accounting skill to make real management demands of LedgerSMB. Helping someone understand how to create adjusting entries in the current system is fine. Explaining an adjusting entry concept to someone is a waste of time. Perhaps that will explain my own priorities: First, improve the database design from an accountants perspective (the ability to easily lock in and audit transactions), and then a large supply of standard accounting report templates. Without a drastically improved database design, the reports I envision will be difficult or impossible to create. I suspect the current design evolved from someones vision of a spreadsheet on steroids. In fact it I'm willing to bet a virtual nickel that the original incarnation was a spreadsheet. This model needs a wholesale change. Forget about increments. Obviously I am not in a position to dictate anything. Nor do I want to. I'm just expressing a perspective that I though I found in the system before I began to study it in more detail. The system is rapidly running out of steam at the client I have installed it on. Instead of spending a few thousand to improve this product they have elected to spend ten's of thousands on a commercial product that is common to their industry. What can I say. It's their money. And they have never even heard of LaTeX or any other scripting language. They call me about every little thing. I will not miss that part. Gerald. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
