What is GnuCash for?

[Phil Groschwitz]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:33:58 +1000
Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Tuesday 17 April 2007 00:53, David Hampton wrote:
> > Quicken also exposes the double entry system.  It just uses the name
> > income and expense *category* instead of income and expense
> > *account*.
> >
> > David
> i couldn't agree, although I abandoned quicken a long time ago.
> it doesn't ensure that you balance, so when you put your figures in
> the wrong column ie debit instead of credit, it takes a lot of work
> to find out what on earth you did wrong and where it happened.
> 
> 

FWIW:
I use GnuCash for my personal finances, and like it the way it is.