Customer vs Company

[Derek Atkins]

I hate double-responding, but...

Retracile <retracile at earthlink.net> writes:

> Ok, I need to get GnuCash to the point I can have my wife use it for her 
> business.  But I know how open-source works, so rather than making demands, 
> I'm offering to make patches. :)
> 
> But I need some things clarified, so let's start with this one:
> 
> Customer vs Company. Which is it?

The difference is that a Customer is a _type_ of Company.  Vendors
are another type.  So a Customer ID is different than a Vendor ID,
but both Customers and Vendors are Companies.

> The "Customer Report" requires you to select a "Company"
> The "New Customer" dialog asks for a "Customer Number" and a "Company Name"
> "Customer Search" wants a "Company Name"
> 
> This confusion appears to be everywhere.  It really looks to me like the right 
> word is "Customer", _not_ "Company".  (Many customers are individuals, not 
> companies.)

In my experience I've never met a customer or vendor that is an
individual....  But that's just me.

> Any objections to a patch to fix that?

As I said in my last mail, no, so long as the changes make sense
in the general context and across all three data types.

-derek
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