Sometime on Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 10:47:45AM +0000, Dinesh Joshi said:
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> >If a platform independent accounting package is required, how about
> >creating a bootable 'accounting only' operating system that will also have
> >the ability to convert data to different known file formats. It could also
> >be a live cd that can read/write to any existing file system partition.
>
> There isnt a need to create a complete accounting OS for this purpose! I
> would recommend using Java if we need platform independence. But beware we
> would need REAL java experts. The program development cycle for Java
> platform takes a lot more time than on .NET...
Why not an Accounting distro? I can volunteer for remastering an
"Accounting Only" live cd distribution. But using Java should be a
strict no. That would mean getting rid of older machines and getting
new Pentium 4 boxes. Plus Swing does not come with favourable
distribution license.
Anurag
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