[ale] Re: Ale digest, Vol 1 #136 - 16 msgs

[Hugh Esco]

I've looked extensively for an open source GAAP compliant double entry 
financial accounting package for our organization.  Gnucash seems to be a 
great option for personal finances.  But for business or enterprise work, I 
settled in to testing NOLA by Noguska (php and mysql) and SQL-Ledger by DWS 
Systems, Inc. (perl and postgresql or oracle).  Both use a web browser as a 
user interface.

I'm now deep in implementing SQL-Ledger (http://www.sql-ledger.com/), 
having chosen it because of its cleaner look and cleaner installation, due 
mostly to fewer dependencies.  At Version 2.0.1, it still lacks payroll 
(though that can be fudged using its existing setup and a payroll specific 
module is in development, as I understand it).  Its inventory tools seem 
well developed (although we are not using them, yet).  Its reporting 
functions seem well developed, generating customizable LaTeX / pdf /html 
statements and invoices and html for its Chart of Accounts, Trial Balance, 
Income Statement and Balance Sheet.  And for those who know some minimal 
postgresql and are willing to bypass the business logic of the application, 
it is possible to import legacy data into the back-end and have it 
available in your accounting package.  Theoretically this could be used for 
importing monthly reports from a bank as well.

The author, Dieter SImander runs a peer support list and offers a $99.00 
annual support contract (with printed manual) promising same or next 
business day response to user inquiries.  Development continues and Dieter 
has been responsive to my questions about adapting his for-profit business 
model application to the needs of a not-for-profit membership organization.

Further, a small (< 600kb of perl code) single installation will support 
multiple companies / organizations leading us to explore the possibility of 
putting up a secure server where our local affiliates can also access these 
tools for their own needs.  Not bad for a two-minute download over a dial-up.

-- Hugh Esco

At 06:22 AM 12/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Message: 7
>From: Neal Wilkinson <nealw at bellsouth.net>
>To: "ale at ale.org" <ale at ale.org>
>Date: 21 Dec 2002 00:15:08 -0500
>Subject: [ale] Financial Package for Linux? Microsoft Money for Linux? : )
>Reply-To: ale at ale.org
>
>In your opinion what is the best financial package for Linux? I was
>running Quicken in Windows and am trying to move everything over but of
>course the big guns (Intuit, Microsoft) don't make a Linux product. My
>needs are very simple and include keeping track of a checking account or
>two and I'd like to be able to download my data from the bank and bring
>it into the package. Thanks for your opinions.
>
>Neal

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