"correcting" transactions

[John Ralls]

On Feb 22, 2014, at 1:35 AM, John Sowden <jsowden at americansentry.net> wrote:

> A comment re: good and bad.  gc is not 'bad' software, in my opinion.  software creation is an evolutionary process.  My point was that instead of attempting to halt any dialog about the issue, the solution was to 'attack the messenger'.  This method of communications, in my opinion is a sign of weakness.  I didn't just make the comment and drop it, I suggested a short term solution, that of disclosure, especially for those who would not consider the exposure.

That's the second time you've made that charge, and it's ridiculous. Here's what I said:

> I think we're pretty consistent in saying that if your business needs audits or formal controls GnuCash is not the program for you. 

How on earth is that an attack?

It's a recommendation that if you need audits or formal controls you should be using a different program than GnuCash. It says that we've been saying that here for a long time. 

If you think that we need to be clearer about that somewhere in the documentation, that's a perfectly fair comment and I have no issues with it. Patches welcome, though I recognize that writing patches for our DocBook documents is not trivial, even if the change is.

Now, calling your claims that I attacked you ridiculous might be considered an attack, but I'd prefer to call it a "spirited defense".

Regards,
John Ralls