sample announcement & press release

[Dave Peticolas]

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Here are drafts of an announcement (for the webpage & mailing lists 
mainly) and a press release (for sending to whatever news org you
like).

dave


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The GnuCash Development Team proudly announces the release of GnuCash 1.6.0.

GnuCash is a personal finance manager. A check-book like register GUI
allows you to enter and track bank accounts, stocks, income and even
currency trades. A full set of reports allow you to see the state of
your finances. The interface is designed to be simple and easy to use,
but is backed with double-entry accounting principles to ensure
balanced books.

Thanks go to all the translators, testers, bug reporters, and artists
who made this release possible.


This release of GnuCash contains many new features including:

  + Over 20 new and improved reports, including pie charts
    and bar charts via Guppi <http://www.gnome.org/guppi>

  + Persistent reports (reports are saved between sessions)

  + Printable reports

  + XML file format (old binary files are converted automatically)

  + Improved, faster checking register and a general ledger entry window

  + Improved QIF importing

  + Account hierarchy creation druid

  + PostgreSQL back-end (beta, disabled by default)

  + Financial calculator

  + Better support for multiple currencies

  + Special support for the Euro

  + Account hierarchy export

  + Online quotes integrated with the GUI

  + Expression evaluation (you can type in 40.45 + 31.23)


GnuCash 1.6.0 requires the Gnome 1.4 platform, Guppi, slib, and g-wrap.
Details can be found at <http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml>

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DRAFT

June 11, 2001 (The INTERNET) The GnuCash Development Team
<http://www.gnucash.org> proudly announces the release of GnuCash 1.6,
the GNU personal finance manager. GnuCash features a full account
hierarchy manager, a checkbook-like register GUI to enter
transactions, and a full set of reports to visualize the state of your
finances.=A0The new release comes with a configurable main window, a
much improved checking and general ledger entry window, and over ten
completely new graphical reports including pie charts and bar charts
using the GNU plot program Guppi <http://www.gnome.org/guppi>.

Version 1.6 is the first stable GnuCash release to use the new XML
file format; old binary files are converted automatically.=A0The new
XML format opens the door to further feature extensions and growing
support of small business type applications.=A0The user interface
is designed to be simple and easy to use, but it is backed with
double-entry accounting principles to ensure balanced books.

For new users, the newly introduced account hierarchy creation druid
helps to get started, and the latest introductory documentation is
more exhaustive than ever.=A0Existing financial data from e.g. Quicken
or MS Money can easily be imported by the much improved QIF importer.

Additional new features include printable reports, a financial
calculator, better support for multiple currencies and the Euro.

GnuCash is available for free under the GNU General Public License
(GPL) from the GnuCash server <http://www.gnucash.org> and its
mirrors.=A0Thanks go to all the translators, testers, and bug reporters
who made this release possible.


Downloading and Compiling GnuCash

The source packages for GnuCash are available for free download at
ftp://ftp.gnucash.org/pub/... GnuCash 1.6 requires the Gnome 1.4
platform, Guppi, slib, and g-wrap. The detailed requirements can be
found at <http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml>.=20


Contact

Send email to the mailing list <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org>.
For subscription information, see <http://www.gnucash.org/en/lists.phtml>.

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