Interesting idea overall. Being able to connect with other capabilities
is interesting, but only if it's totally optional, and does not degrade
GnuCash's current focus on, and excellent solution for, simple
debits+credits accounting and reporting.
Commenting on one specific part of this - moving GnuCash to a web
application:
Speaking for myself, I would be BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED if GnuCash were to
become a web application, and cease to be an installed software.
Why:
- I would never be comfortable with my personal financial info on
someone else's server, or over the network. EVERYTHING online has been
hacked: Dept of Defense, telecom companies, Microsoft, the list is
endless and grows by the day ... and we only know about a PORTION of the
actual hacks because many have not been discovered, and many not publicized.
- web applications are never as fast or clean as installed software.
- the login process and delays inherent in that, are a terrible part of
the "user experience" in QB online, having been forced to use it for
years as treasurer of a church.
- I hate losing control of when I upgrade to the next version, and what
I keep.
Thanks for listening.
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On 12/12/24 12:00, [email protected] wrote:
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:00:53 +0000 From: Blake McBride
<[email protected]> To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> Subject: [GNC] Integration with a large
business management system Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hello, I am the architect,
owner, and one of the developers of the Stack360 web-based business
management system described at stack360.io It supports: - human
resources - applicant tracking - CRM (sales management) - customer
management - project management - worker time tracking - customer
invoicing - employee benefits - and more The system does not support:
- general ledger - accounts receivable - accounts payable - financial
reporting Stack360 is primarily built on Java, SQL, HTML, JavaScript,
and web services. Stack360 was made open-source, and a book was
published about its internals about a year ago. Due to a lack of
interest and the amount of effort it takes to maintain an open-source
system with nearly daily enhancements, it was dropped as an
open-source project. It is being used commercially. It seems clear to
me that there is tremendous potential synergy between GnuCash and the
Stack360 system, as each contains critical functions lacking in the
other. Being a tech guy and, apparently, being unable to make a
commercial success out of the system, I would like to: - release it as
open-source (again) - interface it with GnuCash On the negative side,
I have very little financial or time resources. With regard to
open-sourcing the system again and linking it with GnuCash, given
significant time resource investment by others, or financial resources
that can free up my available time, I am happy to re-release my system
as open-source and assist where possible. (In addition to the
technologies used by Stack360, my own expertise also includes C and
Scheme but not C++ or GTK. I am also the author of the open-source web
development framework described at kissweb.org and object-oriented
extension to C located at https://blakemcbride.github.io/Dynace/)
(Although not required, not something I am pushing, and depending on
GnuCash's architecture, I would think it may not be too hard to move
GnuCash to a web application.) Just sharing some thoughts and seeing
if there is any interest. Thanks! Blake McBride [email protected]
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