TurboCASH debates moving to Linux (NewsForge)

TurboCASH debates moving to Linux (NewsForge)

"Irregardless of what language they are using.. This sort of thing is something that is severely lacking in Linux. We have some apps for personal finance like GNUCash or whatnot, but no real accounting systems."

I think that one of the main reasons for that is that there is no real well known RAD-application like Delphi available for Linux.

Most of the Linux/gpl fans think that the only real language is C, or they use interpreted languages like Python.
But for developing applications like this or custom-made programs as you see much in larger companies, Delphi and nowadays Visual Studio are the standard development-platforms.

As long as free software developers stick to using developing-platforms which are good, but not that RAD-friendly, software like this will remain sparse.

But there is a Delphi/Visual Studio like development platform for Linux, and that is Lazarus. But no-one knows it, since it isn't C, so it can't be good. Or they refer to some pascal-bash-stories from the eighties/seventies...

Converting this application to Lazarus is the easiest way to go, and then you'll get an application that can work on OS/X, Linux and Windows natively, without installing all sort of other stuff.