Where does gnucash fit ?

[jeff@tsunamicreek.com]

Yes i agree, contact management would definatly be killer,
then you could just keep yer contacts, mark them as vendors
or clients etc..

are there any plans for that, or are there other priorities
in the way ?

jeff



O, Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Linas Vepstas wrote:

> 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
>
>