[wplug] Financial Management Software

[Sal Mangiapane]

I'm using Quick Books Pro 2002 and they wanted to charge this year for updates.  So, I'm in the same boat, because I didn't pay (the
cost was over $150).  Seems like they adopted a pay-every-year-or-else mentality.  I'm not very happy and will be using other
software, it does work so I'm not in a hurry to change.

I've heard good things about GnuLedger but never looked at it.  I'm following the development of Open for Business (ofbiz.org).  It
is more of an e-commerce package but they built themselves a complete framework including accounting etc.  Maybe I'll convert to
ofbiz but I'm open for other ideas too.

Another project you may want to look at is Compiere.  It was a commercial product that is now open.

Sal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-bounces+salm=servanttechnology.com at wplug.org
> [mailto:wplug-bounces+salm=servanttechnology.com at wplug.org]On Behalf Of
> Brandon Kuczenski
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:51 PM
> To: WPLUG
> Subject: [wplug] Financial Management Software
>
>
> One of the last things *requiring* me to maintain a Windows-booted system
> is my 10 years' worth of financial data stored in a "massive" Quicken
> database.  Now, I would imagine that some database program based on SQL or
> something would be a better tool than the clunky and somewhat provincial
> one that Quicken works with, but 10 years of data is also a lot to give up
> (I'm a bit of a pack-rat when it comes to information archival).
>
> SourceForge seems to have a number of financial management packages
> undergoing active development, including "GnuLedger", "saCash", "Grisbi"
> (which is French, and so probably a no-go) and a few others.  They all
> look pretty 'alpha.' Does anyone have much experience with any of these,
> or other freely available packages?  A required feature is the ability to
> look up stock market information and keep a daily record of investment
> performance.  A solid plus would be the ability to read a Quicken database
> file.
>
> As an aside, I will soon be forced to discontinue use of my [legitimately
> obtained] Quicken98 software because their online update system will no
> longer support it.  As an engineer, I have absolutely no respect (negative
> respect, in fact) for a failure to maintain that very simple backwards
> compatibility, and so if I can't find an open-source alternative, I may
> have to consider pirating an up-to-date Quicken.
>
> -Brandon
>
>
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