I see no reason apart from the M$ fairytale machine why anybody would want to buy and run software that is licensed at all. Exactly my point: it is bound to go bankrupt by lack of customers in the longer run.
For the moment, look at the way they handled the Linux netbook thread: They rather give Windows away for next to nothing then let Linux become a major player. It worked for now; Asus and Acer stgopped the linux versions of netbooks. But I wonder how long they can keep that up. Seeing Android is on the move and Chrome is due nexdt year iirc.. SQL-Ledger will probably run just fine on android or chrome. Any or all windows based programs will most likely fail. Problem solved: the choice to pay will most likely disappear, making it "necessary" to switch to other solutions like SQL-Ledger in a few years time. Sad, but as e all know here, not a real punishment. Just look at Tim Wade's story. Cheers, Paul 2010/5/28 Penguin Products <[email protected]> > Mine for one.. > > A small Mass production engineering firm, that needs the usual set of books > from an accounting perspective (about 50 customers and 50 vendors) > > but I work with various materials from Brass to Stainless Steel to Plastics > to Lead, machining it into various components (about 50 different basic raw > materials manufacturing about a 1000 + different products, so keeping track > of stocks of Raw materials and finished products as well as pricing from > component to assembly level as well as tracking components through the > manufacturing stage etc. > > I could not find a reasonable Microsoft product "everyone" in this country > (South Africa) uses a program called Pastel, but it cant do what Sql does > for me, costs a fortune in annual liscence fees and the next level that > would do everything is something very cumbersome like SAP which is totally > out of the question for the kind of turnovers I do... and want to do! > > Sql has persuaded me to switch my whole company off Microsoft and everyone > in my office uses Ubuntu with Sql set up on a Fedora box as a virtual > machine on an ubuntu server.... > > Works very well for me > > Tim Wade > Penguin Products > > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've never used a Microsoft-based accounting package, only some that run >> on linux. Of these the L123 version of SL is by far the best. I do know >> from >> experience in the mid-1980s and comments from others since then that >> Quickbooks and its competitors are limited both by how users do things and >> the types of businesses it can handle. >> >> I'm sure there are industries and businesses (small to medium size, not >> just huge enterprises) with accounting needs that SL handles with aplomb >> but >> would require the really expensive, multi-module packages that run on >> Windows. What industries and businesses are in this category? >> >> Curious minds want to know, >> >> Rich >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SQL-Ledger mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ledger123.com/mailman/listinfo/sql-ledger >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SQL-Ledger mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ledger123.com/mailman/listinfo/sql-ledger > >
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