Where does gnucash fit ?

[Linas Vepstas]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 01:11:55AM +1000, Robert Graham Merkel was heard to remark:
> 
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 22:38:54 jeff@tsunamicreek.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I run a 1 person [me] IT consulting company, with less than 5
> > clients at any one time, i do my invoiceing thru email and text
> > files..
> > 
> > I'm wondering if GnuCash was suitable for this sort of thing,
> > or if i would be better off with something else .
> > 
> 
> Yep, GnuCash should be able to handle this sort of thing just fine.
> It can keep track of just about everything you're interested in,
> and provide summary reports when you want.
> 
> The invoicing routines are a bit limited at this stage, but by
> the sound of it you won't really need much.

I'm tempted to agree with rbert, but some truth in advertising:
gnucash does not yet have an addressbook, so you have to track customers
'by hand'.    

In my ideal world, I'd like to see gnucash integrated in with ximian
evolution for its addressbook capabilities. This would simplify
checkprinting (you need an address printed on the check), and
invoicing/billing (where you need an address as well).   With the
contact-manager part, you could also keep track of random notes 
about the contact, a to-do list, etc.  Any finally, it would make
emailing invoices a snap.

--linas