[SATLUG] Accounting Software

[Robert Pearson]

>Sean Carolan wrote---
>We have just about outgrown quickbooks...

Looks like some real good solutions coming in...
Take a look at---
http://www.cpata.com/articles/2004/JuneJuly/smallbizacct.shtm

This article reviews several COTS (Commercial off the Shelf)
solutions including QuickBooks Premier 2004, and my
favorite, NetSuite. The main value of the article, to me, is
the size of the company in each solution and the pricing.
If you are growing, easy scalability in application software
is priceless. Home-grown is always the most flexible but
the Development and Management can really be big time
consumers and negatively impact profitability by severely
limiting "Time to Value" or "Time to Market".

I put this email out on a SOHO (Small Office Home Office)
Discussion list and so far got these two suggestions---

Eric Schnoebelen wrote---
You might look at SQL-Ledger, profiled in a recent issue
of Linux Journal.. It does all of the basics of Quick Books, is
network accessible and has fine grained access control.
According to the article, it also provides some of the extras
desired.. http://www.sql-ledger.org

Greg Pratt wrote---
He didn't state the ones he looked at, but I've heard
good things about Compiere
http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/

Thanks,

Robert Pearson
rdpears2001 at yahoo.com

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