Op zaterdag 06-03-2010 om 10:19 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Martin Owens: > On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 05:18 -0800, Brett wrote: > > >There's a plan for that. > > >Would you put $200 in to the hat if you also >set up the hat and drummed > > >up other people's interest? > > > > Am moving back to my hometown in a few weeks, and was thinking of > > getting in touch with the local university, see if we could get some > > of the comp sci kids interested. > > I am an accountant, so while the FOSS stuff already out may be fine > > for point-of-sale or home use, it does not really cut it when > > compared to Quickbooks, MYOB, etc. > > Anyone else into this idea (accounting software for linux), let me > > know! > > For me this is going to be a personal project, I plan to go to Vermont > for a few weeks to spent time with my inlaws. Quickbooks is being used > to manage a small org and is the only package that's requiring > VirtualBox at the moment and I want to replace it. > > But I've seen QuickBooks, it looks really badly designed (from a UI > perspective) so I'm intending on making something better than > QuickBooks. Much better. > > Can I put you down as an accountant to call on for advice? Maybe there > is something you already know you dislike in existing packages, missing > features or just bad positioning.
The problem with most open source accounting apps is that they don't support local (country-specific) requirements, or they need extensive tweaking that requires help from local accountants and a bunch of programmers to get and keep it right (laws change every day, but there is also the integration with banks, etc.). IOW: every serious accounting application will need a dedicated company behind it... (or multiple companies if you want to go international). -- Jan Claeys -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
