Tools -> Close Book

[Charles Day]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> "Colin Scott" <gnucash at double-bars.net> writes:
>
> > However, having worked out how to make the results properly presentable
> > (don't ask, you *really* don't want to know!) I reckon I've got them sort
> > of cracked.  The remaining irritations I think I can cope with now I know
> > about them, but if GnuCash is to compete as a system for the enterprise
> > (translation: make business sense even where there isn't a resident geek
> > to keep it running!) then some of these things do need to be fixed.  The
> > interesting question, though, is what is the *purpose* of Gnucash?  What
> > is its target market?  What are it's long-term objectives?
>
> GnuCash is not meant for the Enterprise.  It's original purpose was
> Personal accounting.  It's expanded into both Personal and Small
> Business accounting.  You can think of it as a replacement for Quicken
> or Quickbooks.  But it's definitely not meant to replace enterprise
> systems like SAP, Peachtree, etc.
>
> I cannot answer your last question as GnuCash is a completely volunteer
> effort, so each individual contributer would need to answer that
> question for you.  For me, I'd like to see GnuCash to a state where my
> mom could use it instead of QB.
>

For me, it's a Quicken replacement. I have particular interest in
growing/improving the multi-currency and investment areas. I don't care
about the business side at all, but I'm glad that others do.


> > Colin
>
> -derek
>
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-Charles