The short version of my last post is that I don't like building accounting systems where there are no clearly defined right numbers that are supposed to come out of it. Once we get off the basic GAAP (FASB/IASB common ground and accepted processes),* it becomes impossible to define exactly how the accounting program is supposed to behave mathematically without covering new ground. The last thing one wants is for accounting logic and mathematics to be "innovative."
The solution is to stop thinking "I want to repost invoices" for example, and shift this to "I want an easy way to correct a mistake in an invoice." The first statement will get us nowhere really fast, but the second one is productive and we can do what is necessary to meet that need. Best Wishes, Chris Travers * Where the FASB and IASB disagree, the issues involved usually are those which involve what adjustments are proper. Also this is not intended to disparage users in countries with really WEIRD rules regarding things like tracking foreign currency gains and losses, which are not adjustment based. In those cases, however, local patches are probably going to be required. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
