sample announcement & press release

[Dave Peticolas]

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Ok, here are two new drafts, with Christian's modifications
and a few more changes.

dave


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The GnuCash Development Team <http://www.gnucash.org> proudly
announces the release of GnuCash 1.6.0, the GNU personal finance
manager.

GnuCash features an account hierarchy creation tool, 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>.

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

The new release of GnuCash contains many new features including:

  + Printable, persistent reports (reports are saved between sessions)

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

  + Account hierarchy creation druid, account hierarchy export

  + Much improved QIF importing

  + Financial calculator

  + Better support for multiple currencies, special support for the Euro

  + Online stock quotes integrated with the GUI

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

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

The source packages for GnuCash are available for free under the GNU
General Public License (GPL) at ftp://ftp.gnucash.org/pub/... GnuCash
1.6.0 requires the Gnome 1.4 platform, Guppi, guile, slib, and g-wrap.
Detailed requirements are at <http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml>.

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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, guile, slib, and g-wrap. The detailed requirements
can be found at <http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml>.


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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