Giving up on Gnucash

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 22 Apr 2005 15:35, Rod Engelsman wrote:
> And I know I sounded like an ungrateful ***hole, that wasn't really my
> intent. I really *do* appreciate all the hard, unpaid, labor that's gone
> into this program. It's just not what I was looking for.
>
Fair enough - it's not right for everyone.

> And I'm dead serious about the need for someone to take this and fork it
> into a product that's more friendly for home users migrating from
> Quicken, Money, etc. The UI paradigm is squarely aimed at accountants
> and that's fine, although the strict double-entry, debit & credit,
> scheme is little more than an unneccessary anachronism. 

There I have to disagree.  For serious accounting there's no better way.  
FWIW, I found the change to Quickbooks, from Sage Financial Controller, to be 
incredibly difficult.  Finding my way around GC is not easy, but I'm 
certainly capable of getting there, especially with the aid of a list like 
this.  

<rant> If you've ever tried the (paid) help from QuickBooks you'll really know 
what the pits look like :-).  A reply, if you're lucky enough to get one, can 
take weeks, and it's often useless when you get it.  Tech support don't 
appear to know much about the program and nothing about accounting.  At least 
with GC you get to talk to someone who understands your problem and actually 
wants to help you resolve it. </rant>

> Banks don't even 
> use it any more, not in that way at least.  My bank statement has a
> single column with checks shown as negative amounts and deposits as
> positive amounts. The debit/credit, left column/right column business is
> simply a computational device intended to minimize mistakes by clerks.
> My computer isn't prone to math mistakes so it isn't needed.
>
Again, I disagree.  If there is a problem anywhere you can actually trace it 
with a double entry system, and correct it in a traceable way, too.

> So, thanks, but see you later. Take care and I wish you the best.

All the best to you.  I hope you find what you need.

Anne
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