[ale] Personal Finance Software

[Scott Castaline]

Geoffrey wrote:

> James P. Kinney III wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 22:09 -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote:
>>
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>
>>> James P. Kinney III wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just finished the final migration from Quicken to gnucash. So far, 
>>>> wife
>>>> likes it much better as she no longer needs to load up vmware.
>>>
>>>
>>> [...]
>>> James, didn't you mention using sql-ledger for your stuff as well when
>>> you gave that great SMB presentation?  Was that just business stuff, or
>>> would you say folks could use that for personal finance as well?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sql-Ledger can also be used for personal stuff. It is much more business
>> oriented than is GnuCash. GnuCash is much more like Quicken (NOT
>> Quickbooks). Since it only runs on a single machine (OK. It can use an
>> NFS shared file storage but not multi-access. The Postgresql backend was
>> not complete enough the last time I was testing it) it is not suitable
>> for a business where more than 1 person needs to hit the books.
>
>
> I know this thread is discussing Sql-Ledger, but I'd like to clarify 
> something regarding GnuCash.  I'm by no means a cfo, but my impression 
> of GnuCash is that it would work well for a small business who has a 
> single accountant doing the books.  It has some stuff like invoicing, 
> P&L and such which is not necessary for the home user.  I've not 
> reviewed it completely, but it does seem to be a full fledged 
> accounting system for a small business.
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm really not studied the 
> app. completely as of yet.
>
I use GnuCash to track our personal finances as well as my wife's 
business. Works great for us. When I did this year's taxes, I just ran 1 
report which gave me everything I needed to fill out those infamous 
multitudes of forms.

Scott Castaline