Um, I've heard no news that 2.2.4 doesn't work on Vista. Does 2.2.4 NOT work on vista?
-derek Quoting Mike or Penny Novack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I need to do some organizational planning but I am posting this here > rather than the "user" list because of the nature of parts of this question. > > Problem statement --- I am currently the Treasurer for a 501c3 but next > year will have to take at least a one year hiatus (term limit bylaw). > Which means I have to be able to turn this over to somebody else. I have > the organizational books up under GnuCash and would like them to be able > to remain under GnuCash. Currently running on our PERSONAL computer but > that's part of the problem for turnover. There is a time limit issue on > getting a reimbursement for the organizational computer lost in the fire. > > 1) What is the current "Vista" situation? If GnuCash still isn't Vista > ready, anybody willing to give a time estimate on when they think the > problem will have been solved? Please, I am not intending this as > holding anybody's feet to the fire or hanging them for a bad guess -- I > used to do this for a living and know how "deliverable" dates slip OR > what gets delivered actually missing pieces. But I need a "guesstimate" > in order to make other choices. > > 2) What is driving this is another time limit -- one involving > reimbursement (replacement) insurance for what was lost in the fire. > There are naturally some constraints (besides cost) but essentially I > can buy an approximately ~550* device for ~150 (the already received > "depreciated current value" of the destroyed device). The sad realities > are...... > a) Nobody is very willing to house an extra desktop. They will want it > on a laptop. > b) There is ONE other director who would be willing to run Linux. I > just can't make "use something other than Windows" a requirement for > running for Treasurer. > c) I can get a refurbished laptop under XP with adequate "modern > hardware" to possibly be able to justify the decision. You need to > understand that the problem is at > this "cost" my choices in new laptops running XP is very limited. > Remember -- for the rest of the board (minus one other person besides > myself) the "politics" of "free software" irrelevant AND the > cost issue not as relevant (Intuit won't -- but many vendors charge > non-profits less and/or agencies give grants for purposes like "all > directors get the same version of MS Office"). > > The point here is that I don't want to wage a fight that I don't > have to (justify why I got a refurbished laptop rather than a new one > for the same price!). I can hold off on action six months at least. > That's why I am asking for a prediction. I also face the potential > problem of my replacement NOT wanting a dedicated device but asking me > to install GnuCash on their device. So we aren't talking about date when > "buildable" on Vista but availability of a stable release. > > Michael > > * allowed to spend more -- essentially for any replacement device bought > costing that mush or more get the maximum reimbursement of 400 so only > paying cost-400 for the device > > -- > There is no possibility of social justice on a dead planet except the > equality of the grave. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
