Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 16, 2004 10:42 PM
I used QuickBooks publisher Intuit's online media inquiry form to ask, "'When will be be able to use the words 'QuickBooks' and 'Linux' in the same sentence?"
You just did.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-) Seriously, maybe you should have actually asked a coherent and pointed question like: "I am an avid Linux user and have known people who are eager to move their small businesses to Linux. Are there any plans to support QuickBooks under Linux?"
Accounting is a weird animal. It has its own set of rules that only make sense to accountants. One of the weaknesses of OSS is that sometimes nobody will take the time to cater to a specific market. In this respect, closed source will win out. QuickBooks is the perfect example of this. OpenOffice is a little different, because pretty much everyone can understand word processing or spreadsheets. But to get into the guts of accounting can get complicated.
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Uhh, you just did.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 16, 2004 10:42 PMYou just did.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-) Seriously, maybe you should have actually asked a coherent and pointed question like: "I am an avid Linux user and have known people who are eager to move their small businesses to Linux. Are there any plans to support QuickBooks under Linux?"
Accounting is a weird animal. It has its own set of rules that only make sense to accountants. One of the weaknesses of OSS is that sometimes nobody will take the time to cater to a specific market. In this respect, closed source will win out. QuickBooks is the perfect example of this. OpenOffice is a little different, because pretty much everyone can understand word processing or spreadsheets. But to get into the guts of accounting can get complicated.
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