New customer is not a company

[Derek Atkins]

Forwarding back to the list, again..  This time without comment..

-derek

lee johnson <neighborlee at gmail.com> writes:

> #1, if I choose to 'throw out the baby with the proverbial bath
> water', thats my choice, not yours
> I could care less what you think overall,,my choice, not yours. I am
> telling you this, because I felt you were quite rude
> in how you addressed me. I suspect you are too young to care, or too
> old to give a crap anymore, or in the middle and just indifferent
> to peoples feelings. For a business app, you do not display proper
> business, or even personal etiquette. Your choice, your right, and my
> right to say sorry charlie, exit stage right.
>
> I do not appreciate all caps, its as if your speaking DOWN TO
> ME,,there see, doesn't that look silly, or
> is it your mentality maybe, given your email has the words WARLORD and
> MIT..young people can be quite arrogant,
> so I guess you're a perfect case study for it.
>
> You are rude, and if you are part of gnucash, then you don't deserve
> my attention, and gnucash most certainly
> will not be getting my user input. That's fine,and I labor under no
> 'illusion' it will break your heart ;)
>
> There are other apps out there, and if it means paying for one, I
> would rather do that, than be subjected to nonsense like this.
>
> I am rather sure, there are apps out there, that will not force me to
> enter data , twice, just because of its
> assumption about 'business users'.
>
> NOt to be able to , opt out, of this feature, is quite ridiculous, and
> it just goes to show why open source
> often, is rarely open to user input, just 'my way, or highway' baby.
> Of course, I also realize, you don't care a lick
> about what I want, because as you put it, warts and all; Im sure you
> could care less about this email, whether I use gnucash or not
> and how you talk to me. One thing to remember though, is people talk,
> and I won't speak nicely about gnucash, everywhere I go,
> because if you speak for gnucash, then its in trouble, bigtime.
>
> No thanks, but thanks for trying to help me through your app, warts
> and all, and you own your response assuming you send one, and
> I own mine to you, which was needed, given your attitude towards me
> from the start.
>
> Think twice next time before you speak down to someone, and tell them
> they are wrong about how they want to use the app.
>
> cheers
> nl
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Again, PLEASE REMEMBER TO CC THE LIST ON ALL REPLIES.  It's really easy!
>> Just use your mailer's Reply-To-List or Reply-All feature instead of
>> hitting "Reply".  This way other people can chime in and help you in a
>> more timely manner!
>>
>> lee johnson <neighborlee at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Well that's a bit weird, why does gnucash assume its all business to
>>> business, and can this be changed in settings ?
>>
>> No, it cannot be changed in settings.  It assumes it because that's how
>> it was implemented.  The workaround is as I mentioned before -- to just
>> enter the person's name as both the "Company" and the Contact.  You can
>> just cut-and-paste if you don't want to actually type it a second time.
>> Just ignore the word "Customer" in the framing.
>>
>>> No where on the main page, do I see anything about this, or did I just
>>> miss some obscure manual statement ?
>>
>> What main page?
>>
>>> Either way, I don't like being forced to enter something that is not
>>> true, so Ill find another program, thanks ;)
>>
>> Choosing a program is your prerogative, but you'll find that GnuCash is
>> one of the best applications out there, warts and all.  If you're going
>> to throw out the baby with the bath water that's your choice if you
>> can't overlook a (quite minor!) wart.
>>
>>> cheers
>>> lee
>>
>> -derek
>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>>> Please remember to CC the gnucash-user list on all replies using your
>>>> mailer's reply-to-list or reply-all functionality.
>>>>
>>>> lee johnson <neighborlee at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Im not worried about printing it at all but thx for reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just don't like the forcing of entering her as a company when she is
>>>>> not , and then having to enter her
>>>>> on the billing address line as well,,it just makes no sense.
>>>>
>>>> It makes sense when you consider that the feature was written to target
>>>> business to business.
>>>>
>>>>> Can this be fixed ?
>>>>
>>>> It's not a bug.  It is working as designed.  To tell GnuCash you are
>>>> dealing with an individual instead of a company you need to enter their
>>>> name twice.  That is how it is designed to work.
>>>>
>>>>> thx
>>>>> lee
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> myfinanceglj <neighborlee at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm trying to enter new customer info for creating a invoice, and its forcing
>>>>>>> me to enter her name as a company, which she is not, and I am wondering why
>>>>>>> is this method of creation forced ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I prefer not to enter false information, for any reason, so I hope this can
>>>>>>> be 'fixed'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just enter the person's name again a second time as the name of the
>>>>>> Company (so enter the person's name as both the Company Name and
>>>>>> Contact).  Gnucash is smart and realizes that it's NOT a company and
>>>>>> will not double-print it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thx
>>>>>>> mfglj
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -derek
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>>>>>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>>>>>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>>>>>>       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>>>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>>>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>>>>       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>>       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>
>

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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available