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Intuit's QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Embraces Linux

The press release is thin on technical details and there is no mention of client-side Linux support, but Intuit is, perhaps for the first time, actually admitting that Linux shops exist. It appears they are offering a way to store the database for their mid-range QuickBooks on Linux servers. "The offering will enable the tens of thousands of growing companies that are passionate about using open source environments to take advantage of Intuit's award-winning mid-market system while maintaining the increased security, manageability and lower total cost of ownership of Linux. The decision to extend the offering beyond Windows, made at the QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions User Conference, is part of Intuit's effort to continue to meet the needs of more complex businesses."

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(lack of) Quickbooks support in Linux is often a deal breaker

Posted Jun 14, 2007 0:12 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (guest, #24648) [Link]

Lack of Quickbooks support in Linux is often a deal breaker for many small "Mom + Pop" shops who run a string of workstations PCs and are considering alternatives to Microsoft Windows. If (and that's a big IF) Intuit finally sees the light of the world beyond Microsoft, even with a closed-source, binary-only accounting tool for Linux, then maybe this will drive Mom + Pop away from the dark side. Just maybe...

QuickBooks Embraces Linux--kinda

Posted Jun 14, 2007 2:47 UTC (Thu) by a_hippie (guest, #34) [Link] (1 responses)

I've got two vmware installs working right now, all for stupid QB support on linux computers.

Get a clue intuit, get a port of QB and QB pro for linux out asap. Would be SO nice not to have to worry about kernel image updates for these guys!

peace

QuickBooks Embraces Linux--kinda

Posted Jun 14, 2007 2:51 UTC (Thu) by zotz (guest, #26117) [Link]

Can you give a few more details on how you are doing this?

Links to howtos?

all the best,

drew

Intuit's QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Embraces Linux

Posted Jun 14, 2007 6:53 UTC (Thu) by mbottrell (guest, #43008) [Link]

Currently running MYOB under VMWARE, but would switch across in a blink if Intuit had QB Pro for Linux.

Doesn't need to be OSS, but just running natively under the platform would be fantastic.


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