On 21/01/2008, Andrew Savory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 1/21/08, Rich Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Accounting is the only one for which there are no "good enough" > equivalents. > > > > Sql-Ledger and LedgerSMB solve most of the problems. > > Unfortunately we also need to fit in with the requirements of our > accountants and bookkeepers. Again, it's a critical mass issue. The first > fully FLOSS accountant could make millions.
A very good point. I started out sending OpenOffice files and kept getting them bounced back to me as "unreadable", and you cant send PDF spreadsheets because they cant then update them. So I was reluctantly forced to start sending XLS files. Then OpenOffice has poor configuration of default fonts, (keeps switching back to a terrible blocky one), not sure why it doesn't ship properly configured. And then when I need to email an XLS or DOC to someone it arrives and the Bitstream Vera Sans comes out as some horrid "Comic Sans MS" font, so I get lots of queries about that. Eventually because of these failings of OpenOffice I'm reluctantly forced to install the MS fonts too so I can send files which will end up in Ariel (as well as sending things occasionally in their file formats!). I can only persevere for so long on this, and at least I'm still using OpenOffice from GNU+Linux. As soon as OpenOffice "works" I'll remove the MS fonts and try get the accountants to use OpenOffice (a few clients use OpenOffice at least). Cheers, Jon _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
