Geoff Flight wrote: > One of the things techo-boffins seem to forget is that in business the > Operating System means zip to the user and senior management. They want > APPLICATIONS - not foundations. Does anyone remember the first IBM PCs and > lotus 1-2-3? People bought LOTUS BOXES not DOS boxes. I hear people raving > about Linux but I fail to get excited about it. If I cant run my software on > it and I can't develop my database software on it then it is NO USE TO ME. > Windows 7 sounds nice but unless it is actually faster than XP then my > excitement level will be minimal. Vista gave me nothing other than a nice > looking interface with lousy performance while getting in the way all the > time. That's why everyone hates it. What people will like about Windows 7 is > that it looks good and works fast enough to just keep out of the way. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Alan Bourke > Sent: Monday, 15 December 2008 7:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Why not push Linux to your customer, was Why do you think Vista > sucks? > > > On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:20:08 -0500, "Rick Schummer" > <[email protected]> said: > > >> Business only cares that they can get the job done they have to do. >> > > Exactly - if Linux had the breadth and choice in applications that > businesses actually use, like payroll and accounts and CRM, they'd be > all over it. But unfortunately that isn't the case yet. > I did a Google on "Linux CRM" and came up with a number of products. Also, the link below is a article titled CRM company dumps Microsoft, remakes itself with LAMP".
http://www.linux.com/feature/124920 I suspect the lack of payroll module for Linux has something to do with most Linux Apps being more internationalized than USA based accounting systems. It's difficult enough to try and keep a USA based payroll system current, and trying to maintain payroll support in an accounting application that is available in 10 or 15 different languages, handles a number of different currency, and is subject to a completely different set of rules in each country/state is a whole new ball game. However, if a company used an internationalized accounting system without a payroll module, the company could use one of many online payroll services that accept input on employees as to pay rates/salary rate, and hours worked to generate payroll check, direct deposits to employee bank accounts and pension funds, automatic filing of all payroll reports, year end reports and W-2s, etc, The payroll reports provided by online payroll service can be used to journal a payroll enter into the Linux general ledger accounting module each payroll cycle. For more information Google "online payroll service" http://www.buyerzone.com/personnel/payroll/buyers_guide1.html http://www.professionalpayrolls.com/ http://www.ceridiansmallbusiness.com/ http://www.compupay.com/payroll_solutions/powerpayroll/ http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/5692/1/ Although the Quasar accounting system is not free, it is recommended by LinuxPlanet http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/5692/1/ http://www.linuxcanada.com/ Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
