This won't be what you want to hear but.....
I have to use Westpac software that only runs on WinCrap. I use windows emulation and windows still crashes/freezes/etc but at least I have the satisfaction of proving to myself once per week that I have made the right choice in software for everything else! MEANTIME.... I wonder if it would be worth somebodies while to write some nice simple accounting software to suit aussies. I for one would pay a reasonable price for it. Just imagine.. something in perl that you could modify fairly easily to do EXACTLY what you want, instead of what some pointy head decides suits every small business in Australia. Is that just a dream? David. On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Internet User wrote: > Hello Sluggers, > > I was wondering if any of you could help me with a problem I have. > > The one reason that I ever really need to boot into Microsucks is to do > my accounting in MYOB version 10.02, and this has to happen on a monthly > basis or whenever I can put up with it, of late , without a doubt every > boot takes about 15 mins because Winsucks 98 has crashed the last time I > used it and the system goes through the usual arrogant (you must shut > down your computer properly) scandisk routine, freeze on boot up, reset, > rescan, recrash, blue screen of death, reset, rescan, recrash, blue > screen of death,... you know the picture. > > Now because I have, in a fit of contempt for crappy software, mailed my > Winsucks 1998 disk back to Microsucks with an "insert this into your > smallest orifice you bastards" letter, I can't reload it to make it > work, why? I wish to force the change to Linux on myself for all my > computing needs. > > Crunch time has come, the tax man cometh........ AAARRRRGGGH! > > What I need your advice on is who has a comprehensive accounting package > on par with MYOB which suits the Australian accounting situation, now it > doesn't have to be graphical because I can happily work without > graphics, although they do ease the pain of data entry. > > I have looked at GNUcash but found it a little short in some areas, as > much as I would like to I can't yet program in what I need, I'm still a > newbie with relation to my knowledge of Linux and how to program my > needs of it. > > What I have from MYOB data exports is a text database, and I've been > able to build a database with tables to suit in mySQL, but I'm > hopelessly slow at this an need some speed to get the job done for this > quarter.. > > It would be nice if I could just read the *.dat file that MYOB generates > using MSucks Visual Fox Pro(?) database program and dump it directly > into a package that will seamlessly eat it up and spit out all my > accouting information needs. > > I might be able to get the text database into star office and do > something that way but I'm not sure that will be the preferred long term > solution. > > Your suggestions and help if you would please. > > Regards > > Nicholas Tomlin. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
