-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Gee. I haven't practiced my written English in a long time now. These press notes/ announcement is a rough translation from my German version. The German version will focus much more on the HBCI stuff which isn't really applicable to any other place in the world except Germany, so the German press notes will definitely be different from the English ones.
This proposal is meant to stimulate some people into writing something much better. I wanted to show how press notes might look like (i.e. several paragraphs of text in a row) as well as how a personal quote might be included -- please anybody feel free to suggest something better, and also somebody else might insert his/her quote there. Comments are absolutetly invited and welcome. *** DRAFT *** February xx, 2003 (The INTERNET) The GnuCash Development Team <http://www.gnucash.org> proudly announces the release of GnuCash 1.8, the GNU personal finance manager. GnuCash features a full account hierarchy manager, a checkbook-like register GUI to enter transactions, and an exhaustive set of reports to visualize the state of your finances. New features in this release include scheduled transactions, small business features, OFX import and HBCI (the German online banking system) support. The user interface is designed to be simple and easy to use, but it is backed with double-entry accounting principles to ensure balanced books. "You don't need Windows any longer. GnuCash comes with all finance manager features I need, and in Germany I even can manage all my online banking tasks through GnuCash, " says Christian Stimming of the developer team. "Even better: In GnuCash I have the first HBCI software that can really be checked for potential back doors, since its GPL license gives me true access to the source code." With respect to OFX import, GnuCash is the first free software application to support the Open Financial Exchange protocol that many banks and financial services are moving to use. The development of OFX and HBCI support has also resulted in an improved transaction matching and completion system during transaction import. In Small Business Accounting, GnuCash now can be used for Customer and Vendor tracking, Invoicing and Bill Payment, and using different Tax and Billing Terms in a small business. For new users, an account hierarchy creation druid helps to get started. Existing financial data from e.g. Quicken or MS Money can easily be imported by the QIF importer. A brand new user help has been written which focuses on how to do tasks in conjunction with a Tutorial and Concepts guide that gives the user background information on using GnuCash. GnuCash is available for free under the GNU General Public License (GPL) from the GnuCash server <http://www.gnucash.org> and its mirrors. Thanks go to all the translators, testers, and bug reporters who made this release possible. Downloading and Compiling GnuCash The source packages for GnuCash are available for free download at http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash . GnuCash 1.8 requires the Gnome 1.4 platform, Guppi, guile, slib, and g-wrap. If you are upgrading from GnuCash 1.6, you should be done by upgrading g-wrap to 1.3.4. The detailed requirements can be found at <http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml>. Contact Send email to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. For subscription information, see <http://www.gnucash.org/en/lists.phtml>. ### DRAFT ### -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iQCVAwUBPjxwRmXAi+BfhivFAQEuIwP/f3FfxisvWdf8YU5p5PflCmB+Cn2QpCPk XYkgz1YyA6z4fOsiji+2DP5yxceym2IS0uL9xyQOrpH29nbUKEODwfzjuh4OBLff bzOjOltAvIShEu8QEATOjN4cHz4ayX+cJXRdyj3unl9Tgz+APv4WhqaTee25vzuO a7Cj8F9HIvM= =p40B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
