Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-15 Thread Manas Alekar
I think we should all appreciate that neither the domain specific knowledge or the usability research of makers of Tally is being matched by other accounting softwares. TCS tried to replace Tally, but failed because it just did not cut the same grade. It is interesting that we cannot appreciate a

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-15 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Thursday 15 January 2009 18:27:58 Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > > On Thursday 15 January 2009 15:47:45 G Karunakar wrote: > > Anyways, my small understanding is accounting is fine for whatever you > > put in. It falls down due to things that are not put in there, which is

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-15 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > On Thursday 15 January 2009 15:47:45 G Karunakar wrote: >> Or as I heard from another accountant, its easier to cook books in >> tally (since it knows the rules/laws). > > HAHAHAHAHAHA.. I guess I would be glad that tally is not replaced by free > software then.. :) I

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-15 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Thursday 15 January 2009 15:47:45 G Karunakar wrote: > Or as I heard from another accountant, its easier to cook books in > tally (since it knows the rules/laws). HAHAHAHAHAHA.. I guess I would be glad that tally is not replaced by free software then.. :) I certainly wouldn't want a free softw

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-15 Thread G Karunakar
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > On Wednesday 14 January 2009 20:03:12 Devendra Laulkar wrote: >> I am speculating that "tally" over linux was suggested since it will >> be "one step forward" - using open source in incremental fashion >> rather than a complete switch o

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-15 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
the usual version of the story is best understood from a synopsis here.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Doctor_Ki_Maut no more on this thread from me. -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) L

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Pranav Peshwe
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:37 PM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Devendra Laulkar > > when did you last see an accountant that was willing to work in a > software other than tally :-) > > how would you get data from tally exported to other format so that > other OSS & F sof

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Pranav Peshwe
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:22 PM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Pranav Peshwe > wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:31 AM, म.हा.सा.ग.र > wrote: > > > >> Tally 9 works well under WINE on Mystriva 2008.1 so you can even try > >> to get your CA to switch to Linux :-) > >> >

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Wednesday 14 January 2009 20:03:12 Devendra Laulkar wrote: > I am speculating that "tally" over linux was suggested since it will > be "one step forward" - using open source in incremental fashion > rather than a complete switch over - Or maybe something else (still > not getting connection with

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, >> >> This is even more confusing - why should the doctor be given the medicine. >> >> - A very confused pluggie. >> > You need to follow the previous posts to "get" it. > See the last line : > http://plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/2009-January/005446.html > Thanks for the update. I am still

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Mandar Vaze
> > This is even more confusing - why should the doctor be given the medicine. > > - A very confused pluggie. > You need to follow the previous posts to "get" it. See the last line : http://plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/2009-January/005446.html -Mandar -- __

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:37 PM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Devendra Laulkar > wrote: >> Hi, Why point him to 'Tally' when he clearly states that he is looking for a 'free accouting package under Linux'. >>> >>> one has to make sand below the elephant fee

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
This is somewhat similar to what they do everywhere when a small child falls into an uncovered &dry borewell... a typical rescue effort that gets broadcast live for z no. of hours on tv, where you dig another borewell parallel to the one where child is trapped and you know the rest of the routine..

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Devendra Laulkar wrote: > Hi, >>> Why point him to 'Tally' when he clearly states that he is looking for a >>> 'free accouting package under Linux'. >> >> one has to make sand below the elephant feet move so elephant will >> notice need to move... bit difficult but

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, >> Why point him to 'Tally' when he clearly states that he is looking for a >> 'free accouting package under Linux'. > > one has to make sand below the elephant feet move so elephant will > notice need to move... bit difficult but doable effectively... I don't understand. How is an elephant re

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Pranav Peshwe wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:50 PM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Kulkarni Shantanu >> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > I am looking for a free accouting package under Linux (preferably able to >> > work on Ubuntu 6.06) with

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Pranav Peshwe wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:31 AM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > >> Tally 9 works well under WINE on Mystriva 2008.1 so you can even try >> to get your CA to switch to Linux :-) >> > > 'Mystriva' ? What distro is this ? Please share... > i nicknamed

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Pranav Peshwe
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:31 AM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > Tally 9 works well under WINE on Mystriva 2008.1 so you can even try > to get your CA to switch to Linux :-) > 'Mystriva' ? What distro is this ? Please share... - P -- __

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Pranav Peshwe
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:50 PM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Kulkarni Shantanu > wrote: > > Hello, > > I am looking for a free accouting package under Linux (preferably able to > > work on Ubuntu 6.06) with following requirements, > > > > a. easy to use and learn, sinc

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Amit Karpe
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:16 PM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Amit Karpe wrote: >> Hello , >>You can use tally on linux. >> I had even tried multi user tally on Linux, it works. >> > > Was it Linux version of tally 9.x, or was it *wined* tally 9.x Or was >

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Amit Karpe wrote: > Hello , >You can use tally on linux. > I had even tried multi user tally on Linux, it works. > Was it Linux version of tally 9.x, or was it *wined* tally 9.x Or was it tally 9.x running on virtualbox running XP ? -- if you cann

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-14 Thread Amit Karpe
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:32 AM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Shridhar Daithankar > wrote: >> On Wednesday 14 January 2009 10:17:50 म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Shridhar Daithankar >>> >>> wrote: >>> >> i assume your CA is using licensed ver

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > On Wednesday 14 January 2009 10:17:50 म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Shridhar Daithankar >> >> wrote: >> >> i assume your CA is using licensed version of windows, if not, your >> >> task will be very easy...

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Wednesday 14 January 2009 10:17:50 म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Shridhar Daithankar > > wrote: > >> i assume your CA is using licensed version of windows, if not, your > >> task will be very easy... > > > > That is a wrong solution and should not be considered at all.

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread Praveen A
2009/1/13 Kulkarni Shantanu : > Can anyone having practical experience in such a software suggest any? > Try this http://openerp.com/component/option,com_mtree/Itemid,111/task,listcats/cat_id,44/ - Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a ph

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: >> i assume your CA is using licensed version of windows, if not, your >> task will be very easy... > > That is a wrong solution and should not be considered at all. > pray explain... how does spreading the message of being on the right

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Wednesday 14 January 2009 09:36:20 म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:31 AM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > > Tally 9 works well under WINE on Mystriva 2008.1 so you can even try > > to get your CA to switch to Linux :-) > > i assume your CA is using licensed version of windows, if not, your

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:31 AM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > Tally 9 works well under WINE on Mystriva 2008.1 so you can even try > to get your CA to switch to Linux :-) > i assume your CA is using licensed version of windows, if not, your task will be very easy... -- __

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
Tally 9 works well under WINE on Mystriva 2008.1 so you can even try to get your CA to switch to Linux :-) -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/m

Re: [PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread म . हा . सा . ग . र
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Kulkarni Shantanu wrote: > Hello, > I am looking for a free accouting package under Linux (preferably able to > work on Ubuntu 6.06) with following requirements, > > a. easy to use and learn, since I have no good knowledge about accounting. It > need not be a lot

[PLUG] accounting software under Linux

2009-01-13 Thread Kulkarni Shantanu
Hello, I am looking for a free accouting package under Linux (preferably able to work on Ubuntu 6.06) with following requirements, a. easy to use and learn, since I have no good knowledge about accounting. It need not be a lot fancy since I am managing a simple one-man show. b. my CA uses Tally,