Re: [SLUG] Finanacial applications.. ( Me Too !)

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Mon Nov 12 2001 - 18:52:29 EST


On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:18:53PM -0500, Derek Glidden wrote:

> Mark Banschbach wrote:
> >
> > I was asked by a friend who is an attorney in St. Pete
> > if there were a Linux program that was simular to
> > Quick Books.. and even one that would read quick books
> > files ?
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/sql-ledger/
>
> SQL-Ledger gets good reviews, although I find it weird that it's all
> web-based and written in PHP. I haven't taken a look at it, although I
> should to see if we can use it in our company and replace *our*
> quickbooks which is a serious PIA...
>
> I doubt it will import quickbooks files though.
>
> (Aside: howcome I've never seen an accounting software that was worth
> crap? Are good programming skills and having an understanding of money
> mutually exclusive? If so, why can no company just get someone who's
> good at money *tell* someone who's good at programming how to write the
> program?)
>

SQL-Ledger doesn't have a checkbook function.

Paul



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