Having owned a small business for years (and used quickbooks), I would be very hesitant to try anything that risked (even in the smallest way) screwing up my bookkeeping. The pain and suffering that could result is just way too much to bear.
Alternative's to Intuit's products are not an option. I haven't tried gnucash nor will I. It wouldn't matter. Any replacement for Quickbooks would have to be a Intuit sold and supported. If Intuit offered a linux version that was identical in operation and functionality to its windows version then I might switch in order to save the windows os tax. At the very least, I would consider it.
I use codeweavers (on slackware) at home with quicken. It works ok but does have a few display glitches. I backup daily and have verified that the backed up files can be restored to a windows box OK (just in case). I have been doing it for 6 months and I'm still nervous about it.
So there you have it. Quickbooks is deeply entrenched. There would have to be a very compelling reason to get me to switch. Saving a couple of hundred dollars a year doesn't come close.
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Posted by: cje on December 17, 2004 03:28 AMAlternative's to Intuit's products are not an option. I haven't tried gnucash nor will I. It wouldn't matter. Any replacement for Quickbooks would have to be a Intuit sold and supported. If Intuit offered a linux version that was identical in operation and functionality to its windows version then I might switch in order to save the windows os tax. At the very least, I would consider it.
I use codeweavers (on slackware) at home with quicken. It works ok but does have a few display glitches. I backup daily and have verified that the backed up files can be restored to a windows box OK (just in case). I have been doing it for 6 months and I'm still nervous about it.
So there you have it. Quickbooks is deeply entrenched. There would have to be a very compelling reason to get me to switch. Saving a couple of hundred dollars a year doesn't come close.
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