Posted by: suso_banderas
on December 16, 2004 10:44 PM
And its loyal users don't want to switch to another package even if it's just as good as -- or possibly better than -- QuickBooks
Fine, whatever. I don't really care much about people who are so close minded that they can't work a little to make their lives better. People who think like this deserve whatever comes their way when they eventually HAVE to switch when Quickbooks fails to do something important. It happens eventually, to every piece of software.
That being said, my wife (and president) uses GnuCash to manage the accounting for <A HREF="http://suso.org/" title="suso.org">our business</a suso.org> and she loves it. She and I have learned how to use it and adapt it for our needs. It took a bit of times to learn and there is not a lot of tutorials or documentation on it, but eventually you get the hang of it and it works rather well. Kudos to the GnuCash folks who took the time to make something nice.
My only complaint about GnuCash is that it is not focused on a specific purpose, which makes it try to do everything you can with money management. In my opinion this is hampering GnuCash from being something even better. I think GnuCash would really benifit from a code fork where you could have a couple of programs focused on different goals. You could have "GnuCash Wallet", geared towards helping people manage their personal money, finances and mortgage payments. Then there would be "GnuCash Enterprise" or something simular that would be focused on helping businesses manage their accounting and payroll. Making this kind of code split would greatly help the interface improve overtime and be less of a clutter.
The GnuCash team has already made this issue known on its website, but as far as I have seen, has done little to move towards forking the code.
As a GnuCash user and supporter, I would like to give my vote for a code fork.
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Posted by: suso_banderas on December 16, 2004 10:44 PMFine, whatever. I don't really care much about people who are so close minded that they can't work a little to make their lives better. People who think like this deserve whatever comes their way when they eventually HAVE to switch when Quickbooks fails to do something important. It happens eventually, to every piece of software.
That being said, my wife (and president) uses GnuCash to manage the accounting for <A HREF="http://suso.org/" title="suso.org">our business</a suso.org> and she loves it. She and I have learned how to use it and adapt it for our needs. It took a bit of times to learn and there is not a lot of tutorials or documentation on it, but eventually you get the hang of it and it works rather well. Kudos to the GnuCash folks who took the time to make something nice.
My only complaint about GnuCash is that it is not focused on a specific purpose, which makes it try to do everything you can with money management. In my opinion this is hampering GnuCash from being something even better. I think GnuCash would really benifit from a code fork where you could have a couple of programs focused on different goals. You could have "GnuCash Wallet", geared towards helping people manage their personal money, finances and mortgage payments. Then there would be "GnuCash Enterprise" or something simular that would be focused on helping businesses manage their accounting and payroll. Making this kind of code split would greatly help the interface improve overtime and be less of a clutter.
The GnuCash team has already made this issue known on its website, but as far as I have seen, has done little to move towards forking the code.
As a GnuCash user and supporter, I would like to give my vote for a code fork.
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