Greig McGill wrote:
Hi all,
A friend is considering starting her own small business, and has asked me what the state of F/OSS packages for small businesses in NZ?
She is specifically looking for (in order of priority):
* Meeting the requirements of her accountant (any accountants on the list? What requirements are there? I don't know! :)
* As complete and featureful as possible.
* Runs on Windows.
This last one is really not a problem, as I have told her there will be no problem obtaining a Linux or *BSD workstation specifically to run her business applications, and she likes the idea of the separation, as her kids and partner are fiddlers! :)
Anyone done this? Olly? I vaguely remember you were playing with MYOB alternatives?
I'd be very interested in hearing from any accountants lurking on this list also as to how hard it makes your job if your clients aren't running something "standard" like MYOB?
Regards,
Greig McGill
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Hey Greig Sorry if this doubles up, first reply was from wrong acc. I haven't tried this as yet but it's based on OOo so it's Windows compatible. Obviously needs OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 installed. However it may be a little new to be ready. I hope to have it available on machines at LCA http://www.ninthavenue.com.au/products/gemstone/overview If running on Linux isn't a problem then Quasar accounting which I have running on SuSE 9.3. Requires either MySQL or PostgreSQL http://www.linuxcanada.com/ Free download for the accounting package Retail/POS version is available for an annual fee. Cheers Yo -- Graham Lauder OpenOffice.org Marcon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Gold Assessor Trainer http://www.theingots.org Member Opendocument Fellowship http://www.opendocumentfellowship.org