I agree and I'm happy to give this a go! We've got some basic PHP/PostgreSQL code and offers of Perl/MySQL code. Theres some other projects on SourceForge that ran out of steam at some point, so there are usually remnents of peoples code in these inactive projects. I'll be happy to try and coordinate this project. URLs to code snippets is a start. If you wish, I can post these on a web page with comments and as we sift through them, we can get the good bits out.
Does anyone else have any comments or suggestions about this plan? Stephan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Doug Foskey Sent: Sunday, 23 December 2001 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] : Accounting software I am also wishing to remove my accounting from the dreaded M$ area. I am currently using Quicken (which does the job adequately) I have looked at the 'Ledger' project, but it is a bit beyond my limited accounting abilities. (However there are some Aussie businesses using this package, so it must be useable with 'the accounting system we had to have (& allegedly voted for - youve got to be kidding- however I digress) What is required is a package similar to the ilk of Quicken & MYOB, that has the Aussie tax system enabled. (This would also suit the canadians, & others, who have a similar system.) I havent had a look at the Ledger project for awhile, so may visit it on Sourceforge. Merry Xmas & HNY, Doug This is the info on <http://sourceforge.net/projects/sql-ledger/> There is also: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbooks/> which I havent looked at yet. What we need is a project to pull parts of the accounting programs/projects on sourceforge, and either create a new GST freindly package, or add to an existing one. Having an easy to use package, free, on Linux, would mean that a lot of small businesses would be able to be M$-free. If we then linked it with a training programme through groups like 'ACE', we would have the possibility of increasing the user base. (Most of the other tools are already available) regards Doug -- 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
