QuickBooks is now available for Linux servers -- but not for Linux desktops (Linux.com)
Companies that run their servers on Debian or Debian-derived distributions are apparently supposed to stick to open source accounting/ERP packages such as Compiere, Adempiere or WebERP. Or, if they insist on using QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, they will have to work with RPMS, because neither .deb nor source packages are available. What about plans for QuickBooks on the Linux desktop? Thomson said, "We don't find that to be a compelling need today." He said Inuit makes product decisions "based on what we hear from clients," and that they are "not hearing any demand" for a desktop Linux version of QuickBooks."
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QuickBooks is now available for Linux servers -- but not for Linux desktops (Linux.com)
Posted Jun 14, 2007 21:04 UTC (Thu) by sholdowa (guest, #34811) [Link]
is alien your friend in this instance?
QuickBooks is now available for Linux servers -- but not for Linux desktops (Linux.com)
Posted Jun 15, 2007 2:47 UTC (Fri) by horen (guest, #2514) [Link]
Nothing new, here. "If you build it, they will come."
I had numerous clients -- small businesses and medical professionals -- who wanted to move their workplaces from Windows to Linux, and would/could have done so, were it not for their investment in Quicken.
The burden is on the software companies to port their products to Linux, and not on the customer to first move to Linux "without a net".
If you build it, they will come.
QuickBooks is now available for Linux servers -- but not for Linux desktops (Linux.com)
Posted Jun 15, 2007 3:04 UTC (Fri) by mbottrell (guest, #43008) [Link]
So... what market research has Intuit done?
People have gotten sick of asking 'do you have it available for Linux?'... they normally check their products page, realise the company is a Windows only company and move on.
I would love to use QB Pro on Linux... I'd drop my VMWare and MYOB in a flash. I know of 5 others who would do the same.
Sure we're not big numbers... but how many more are out there? I'm certainly not alone.
QuickBooks is now available for Linux servers -- but not for Linux desktops (Linux.com)
Posted Jun 21, 2007 7:05 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link]
Market research? If you're the damn market leader (or (still) perceive yourself as such) you don't need any damn stinking market research.
Maybe they're just afraid of the heap of bugs, caused by shoddy programming, that porting to an "alien" environment like Linux will uncover...
... or maybe they already tried that and saw their prized software fall flat on its face. :-/