[grib@linuxdevel.com: Survey results?]

[Nicholas Lee]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:02:46PM -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> 
> 
> Business Accounting: support invoicing/billing, accounts-payable,
> receivable. However, the results are sort of bizarre: users are not that
> interested in an integrated address-book/contact manager/to-do list. I
> find this is bizarre, since things like billing/invoicing/checkprinting
> is almost useless if you don't have adresses and phone numbers to go

Maybe because people would assume that AR/AP implicit includes addresses
and phone numbers.  Since even very simple 4GL based systems have this.
Maybe then these people would lump address-book/contact manager/to-do
list as more of an additional CRM type system.


> with your invoice system. And accounts-payable is basically a fancy
> to-do-list, rendered all-the-more useless withough good checkprinting

You might say AR is the same, but aging, aged trial balance, payment
selection processes, and AP fininical reports are a little more
complicated than just being a fancy to-do list.  

In fact the only things I paid for my cheque are taxes, 90% of every
other bill is either by Visa or direct credit.  Personally I think
cheque printing is a waste of time.

My main use for gnucash in a business setting so far has been just a
Balance Sheet and P&L for my accountant.  Took me about half a day to
deal with about 6 months of transactions the day before I had to see
him.  ;)  Very nice.  

I'm planning to use it mainly for tracking AP and AR balances, plus
reconciling the bank account.  Certainly better than using a spreadsheet
or paper. 8)



Nicholas