MYOB will run happily under both Wine and Win4Lin -Vince
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
