[SATLUG] Switching shop from Winders to Linux

[Alex Bartonek]

I have a lumber shop down south that I do comp work
for.  They are a Windows shop and they use Quickbooks
to manage their inventory, clients, employees etc.  
I've been doing their computer work for the past 3
years.  At first it was rough since Windows ran
crappy.  It smoothed out (thanks to me of course..lol)
and runs fine.  Last year I had to reinstall Windows
on 3 machines, hd failure once, the other two, luser
hosed Windows (spyware) and it was quicker to get 'em
up and running with a reinstall.

So that got me to thinkin.. why not switch them to
Linux?  My only problem is that they are using
Quickbooks and I need a program that is very similiar
that can run a business.  Is SQL-Ledger the best? 
Mybooks?  Any other suggestions?

Pro's:
I stick it to microsoft and get rid of 5 licenses. 
Solid system, dont have to worry about viruses,
spyware. 

Cons:
Cuts into my profit because damn linux runs too well. 
Maybe I can setup a cron job to hose something up
every few months.. LOL (j/k)

-Alex

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