GNUCash makes Tech Republic!

David Goodenough david.goodenough at btconnect.com
Tue Oct 12 04:24:34 EDT 2010


On Tuesday 12 October 2010, Michael DeBusk wrote:
> On 10/11/2010 06:06 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> >> IMHO, the guy overlooked one thing: getting your data out of
> >> Quickbooks and into just about anything else.
> > 
> > All else being equal, this would be a one-time 'adventure'.
> 
> Too true. Still, that one-time adventure is critical.
> 
> > And a  non-issue for a business that just started up or is
> > transitioning from non-electronic bookkeepping.
> 
> I think a selling point to those folks is that, unlike with Quickbooks,
> you can get your data out of GnuCash in a useable format.

This is not entirely true.  There is the QBXML interface, which allows for
XML export of data.  The API can also be used to insert data and update
it.

David


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