So what is the status? Do we have to pay for it? Is it done? i would think that in 2 years it would've gotten done by now.
On Nov 20, 2007 4:48 PM, BJ Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is and update from couple of years ago. > previously there was discussion about the frame work of this. > if I did all these out, is there a place on the documentation site we > can put them to save a lot of re discussion. > > David E. Jones sent the following on 9/23/2005 4:16 PM: > > > > Update: Accounting/GL Now in Beta Testing > > > > The Open For Business Accounting and General Ledger (GL) application is > > now moving into beta testing. Currently, it can support the accounting > > needs of most product-retail businesses that use Open For Business, > > including: > > > > * Support for multiple organizations and multiple currencies > > * Setting up chart of accounts with unlimited depth > > * General Ledger posting for most key business processes > > * Financial reports including trial balance, income statements, and > > balance sheets > > * Screens to create and manage both Accounts Receivable (AR) and > > Accounts Payable (AP) invoices and payments > > * Screens for managing tax liabilities across multiple jurisdictions > > * Administrative features such as periodic closings > > * Flexible entry and maintenance of payments and invoice (including > > application payments to invoices, etc) > > * Export to outside accounting applications (QBXML for QuickBooks is > > included) > > > > This application is fully integrated with the rest of OFBiz, including > > ecommerce, Point Of Sales, order manager, and facilities manager. It > > drops into your hot-deploy/ directory and runs right away. If you need > > other accounting-related features, such as payroll, it is fairly easy > > to develop a plug in for it. > > > > If you would like to learn more about the GL application, there is a > > video from the St. Louis Users' Conference > > (http://www.ofbiz.org/VideosConf.html) and an online demo > > (http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/demos.php). > > > > How to Make it Open Source > > > > The Accounting and General Ledger is developed under a community funding > > model. The idea is to get community funding to help cover the cost of > > developing a large, complex application. We think this is a very fair > > user-driven model because it can produce open source software with > > either a large number of small contributors or a small number of larger > > contributors. As an added incentive, those who contribute over $3,000 > > can begin to use the application immediately and benefit from all its > > features for a fraction of the cost of in-house development. > > > > We've currently received sponsorship for about half the development > > costs ($26,000 out of about $50,000) and require another $24,000 to > > reach our goal and release it under an open source license. This means > > that we can get there with just eight user-contributors with $3,000 each > > or, alternatively, a hundred contributors of under $250 each. > > > > -Si Chen > > -David E. Jones > > > > P.S. Special thanks to all who have contributed labor and funds to this > > effort, including: Open Source Strategies, Undersun Consulting, Ant > > Websystems, Masterfile Corp, and others. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ofbiz.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- James A Barrows
