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Author: George Toft
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Subject: Re: Free Software Accountant
that was the first one that came to mind

George Toft, CISSP




keith smith wrote:
> What "evil" app are you referring to? The one from Tucson?
>
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> */JT Moree <>/* wrote:
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> George Toft wrote:
>      > Let me chime in my $0.02 (and stir the pot) . . .
>      >
>      > I used GNUCash for my previous business - worked very well, so I
>      > thought. When it came time to have an accountant evaluate the
>     records
>      > in a court case, I found out that the software was incompatible with
>      > what accountants deal with, and now I get to pay to rebuild 4
>     years of
>      > accounting data in a form that the accountant can analyze.

>      >
>      > At this point, using Free Software has now cost me $1200
>     (estimated) in
>      > data entry costs, and I'm wishing I used one of those eeeevil
>     commercial
>      > programs that is "standard" in the small business accounting
>     industry.
>      > It would have been less expensive.

>
>     It might be cheaper to export the data from gnucash to a spreadsheet or
>     database.

>
>     http://edseek.com/archives/2005/08/18/gnucash-export-to-gnumeric-and-csv/
>     http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/03/12/gnucash-to-mysql-export-script/

>
>     These pages might help. The court should be happy with spreadsheets.

>
>     If you wanted to spend your money on something re-usable you could fund
>     an export feature for GNUCash. I notice that you're not the only person
>     who could use it.

>
>     - --
>     JT Morée
>     PC Xperience, Inc.

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