[mdlug] Open Source accounting software

[Joe Doehler]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 22:47 -0500, David Lee Lambert wrote:
>> I have almost 3 years of records entered with GNUCash, 
> 
> +1.  I've been using GNUCash since Ximian had their red-carpet service
> (how long is that? Yikes.) It is a great application.

I tried GNUCash for a little while a few years ago, but it did not work 
nearly as well for me as Quicken-for-Windows (QFW). In QFW, I enter the 
info for checks to go out (payee, amount, date), and it's done. QFW 
contacts the banks, who then does an EFT, or mails a printed check at 
their expense at the right time. On my end, no paper check to write or 
print, no stamp to buy. In this workflow, the check info is typed in 
once, and only once. No web site to log on to to either send money out, 
transfer, or download and import cleared transactions. Deposits, credit 
card transactions details and check numbers show up without me having to 
do anything. At reconciliation time, I just check if the bottom lines 
between the mailed statements and QFW match, and it's done.

The price to pay is a regular upgrade, as the protocols for contacting 
banks and credit card companies keep changing. It's worth it to me, in 
stamp savings alone. Perhaps things have changed, but I do not know of 
any open source software that can do all of this. I wish there were. If 
there is, please let us know.

Joe.