[SLUG] finance under linux

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Wednesday 03 September 2003 06:10 am, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 01:23 am, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at medemail.com.au> writes:
> > > yes, but I don't have to usually deal with the invoicing bits with
> > > gnucash. I haven't found adding customers intuitive.
> >
> > Could you please expand upon this statement?  In what way is adding
> > customers non-intuitive?  Or are you not talking about GnuCash?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -derek
>
> I was experimenting with gnucash to see if i could do office billing with
> it for a medical practice. my education is in very practical things, not
> accounting, and as usual when experimenting with software i didn't read any
> documentation (what's new?). it took me many tries to add a customer and
> many more to make an invoice. that's why i think it isn't intuitive.
> after the event i realised that i was missing many things - that it was
> pointless trying to add customers without the concept of accounts
> receivable in use.
> checking now, the customer is requested as a company, but i wanted to be
> able to bill individuals, and they would fall into groups (families) and
> they need to be able to change groups (eg leave home and be billed under
> their own name)
> I am a small part of a group building medical software (gnumed) and we will
> eventually be needing gnucash for the other part of our daily work.
> Liz

Is gnumed different from freemed?  Is freemed compatible with gnucash?

Thanks,

Andrew Gould