GNUCash makes Tech Republic!

[Derek Atkins]

Christopher Singley <csingley at gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> Mike Leone <turgon at mike-leone.com> writes:
>>
>>> A write up about how GNUCash *could* be a QuickBooks killer ...
>>>
>>> "Nope. As good as GnuCash is, it’s not what the business public
>>> wants. It should be, but it’s not."
>>>
>>> <http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1887&tag=nl.e550>
>>
>> I'm glad to hear that code I wrote almost a decade ago is even close to
>> what "the business public wants"!  It would be great if people helped
>> *make* it what business people want.
>
> We, the business public, generally aren't noted for our C programming
> chops, otherwise I'd do just that and save myself a lot of hassle (and
> maybe some money).

While submitting code would be nice, coming up with a full set of
requirements, functional specifications, and perhaps even including
glade dialog mockups, is something that any non-programmer can do!

Admitedly that's not sufficient to get it implemented, but it would
certainly make it easier.

-derek

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