On Thursday 12 April 2007 15:52, PSC Inc wrote: > OpenOffice is the first step for me. Once I get comfortable with it, I > want to switch our network over to Linux and abandon MS forever, but I > don't know enough yet. I don't have a Unix background. I went from CP/M > directly to Windows, never detoured into Unix. (Yeah, that was a "few" > years ago <g>.) I haven't done any programming since 1972 (Basic and > extended Basic back then.)
I know the feeling. My first computer came with the optional 4 K memory, and it ran CP/M. > Getting our Intuit apps (bookkeeping/accounting software) to run on Linux > is going to be a problem, since they do not have a version for Linux and > have no intention of putting one on the market. Once I get OpenOffice up > and running, finding a comparable app to replace Intuit is my next task. It may not be as much as a problem as you think. We've used Quicken on Linux using CrossOver Office (now called CrossOver Linux), the commercial version of Wine as an interim measure to be able to look at old financial data. It'll run Quickbooks as well. Second, there is a double entry accounting program available called GNUCASH that I use to do the books at work. It can, by the way, import Quicken files. There is also an very active Gnucash support email list. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter." -InfoWorld Editor Nicholas Petreley --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
