Christopher Browne writes:
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 21:28:07 +0200, the world broke into rejoicing as
> Bernhard Rietzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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> > Hallo Christopher,
> >
> > my name is Bernhard Rietzl, I am a German open source developer, and
> > some of us plan to develop homebanking software for use here in Germany.
> > When searching the web for similar projects I discovered the Gnucash
> > project, which has a similar purpose in the US.
> >
> > I will do a presentation on homebanking software for Linux at the
> > Linuxtag, which takes place at Stuttgart, Germany , 29th June till 2nd
> > July 2000. (www.linuxtag.de)
> >
> > There I wanted to present an overview to homebanking connection
> > standards, comparing the different standards. Do you have any
> > information about these different standards (IFX)?
>
> There's a sizable web site on OFX; see <http://www.ofx.net/>
>
> OFX is a "standard" defined by a consortium of US companies notably
> including Intuit and Microsoft. I'm sure they'd be happy to see
> adopters in other countries, but it is not evident that this is in
> fact the case.
>
There is also a site for IFX: http://www.ifxforum.org/
>From what I gather from the site, IFX is supposed to be the
successor to the OFX and GOLD standards, and was developed
by some of the same companies. However, I think OFX is still
the most commonly deployed solution, at least for home
banking purposes.
We will probably support OFX first, unless it seems that
IFX is going to quickly replace it.
Would you be intersted in placing the online banking functionality
that you are creating into GnuCash?
thanks,
dave
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