[lug] Bookkeeping Software

[D. Stimits]

"J. Wayde Allen" wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> > We've been running VMWare for access to quickbooks for a couple of years
> > now, and have been pretty happy with it.
> 
> Has anyone ever tackled the job of creating bookkeeping software for
> Linux?  Perhaps the biggest part of this problem is that quickbooks is so
> deeply entrenched in the accounting profession?  Anyone have a strategy
> for changing this scenario?
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
> 
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I remember a few years ago the Linux Journal had an advertisement for a
commercial package designed for medium to large business. I mentioned it
to one of the financial officers of a manufacturing firm I worked for
back then, and she had said that it was quite well known accounting
software, but only in the big business world (and not the Linux version,
just the software in general). You could buy optional packages to add
almost any functionality to it, and I think an average package price was
something around $50k at the time, +/- $25k depending on options.
So...if you mean *really extensive (and expensive)* software for large
companies, I know it is out there, though I can't recall what the brand
name was. I haven't heard of any "claimed wonderful" software for free
in that area.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com