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Another optionAnother optionPosted May 10, 2007 2:59 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1)In reply to: Another option by berryji Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's next project I left turbocash out because it's not a native Linux application. If we start looking at stuff that can run under wine, the list grows significantly. We could even keep the application we are running now (I think). Somehow I'd rather get this task done without throwing wine into the mix.
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yes, Q*ckB*ks works under wine Posted May 10, 2007 12:12 UTC (Thu) by Webexcess (subscriber, #197) [Link] We're using that horrid little application with Crossover Office and it works for us... for some definition of "works".
I am also using Quasar for other parts of the business, but I haven't had time to look at migrating everything from that other app.
The last time I looked, though, Q*ckB*cks refused to export all its data (presumably as a lock-in measure). I have had some really unpleasant dealings with that company, including getting scammed out of hundreds of dollars to get a bug fixed.
Another option Posted May 11, 2007 7:33 UTC (Fri) by wookey (subscriber, #5501) [Link] Aleph One (where I was at until very recently) use Sage under DosEMU (It ran for the previous decade on one of our PC-cards in a RISCOS machine). We did have to argue with Sage quite hard to let us keep using the DOS version, when they tried to use the millenium bug to get everyone to move to Windows.
Sage is pretty good even for quite fancy accounting (multiple companies, built in stock control etc), and bookeepers like it. The DOS GUI/function key interface is quite efficient. But no doubt that version is unobtainium these days. And of course it's not free software. That and the OED (win95 version under wine) are the only proprietary apps we use.
Another option Posted May 12, 2007 23:51 UTC (Sat) by jejb (subscriber, #6654) [Link] I'd have to stick my hands up and confess to running a business using QuickBooks with wine. It seems to function just fine for me ... although I use the version of wine I compiled myself rather than the one you can download with Fedora Core 6 (which is what the underlying server runs).
My basic problem is that the firm of accountants who audit the books also run Quickbooks, so unless I can *export* to the proprietary format, my accouting bill goes way up.
So, I'll watch your experiment with interest ... I suspect there are a large number of other businesses out there in this position.
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