Microsoft Small Business Accounting

[jazzcat]

All,

If you're looking for accounting solutions on Linux, check out Quasar Accounting. It's more heavy-duty than SQL-Ledger; and while it's just a tad bit more complex to install, it's worth it. There are advanced inventory control features, costing, pricing, A/R, A/P, customer management, discounts per store, etc. The feature list is 50 pages long! The only thing missing for U.S. Markets is Payroll and interfaces to payment systems for credit card auth... but considering that there are services that offer payroll processing, and if you use Authorize.net (probably others) for your credit card, you can still do all that stuff online from a Linux or Windows workstation.

Considering that you essentially get the value contained in QuickBooks Enterprise for free, it's worth a shot. Also offers Point Of Sale if you don't mind paying a very reasonable cost...

http://www.linuxcanada.com

There is currently discussion on the developers mailing list about integrating the next version with an online shopping cart system, zWarehouse.

[hconnor]

hi,

thanks for the lead. and, while i appreciate your suggestion about linux canada, i've been hesitant to go that direction. the website looks pretty basic and i can't tell if the product is any different than sql-ledger, and if it is, how.

i applaud the effort to get a product out there, and maybe its a good one. my suggestion to those folks is to get a test server up (easy to do), so that browsers like me could walk through the system. the more traffic, the more sales for service.

[jazzcat]

thanks for the lead. and, while i appreciate your suggestion about linux canada, i've been hesitant to go that direction. the website looks pretty basic and i can't tell if the product is any different than sql-ledger, and if it is, how.

HConnor,

That is a very good observation; the site navigation doesn't seem to be very straightforward when it comes to this. Check out the following link:

ftp://ftp.linuxcanada.com/pub/Quasar...ures-1.4.7.pdf

Quasar is comparable to SQL-Ledger, though with more comprehensive inventory control and discount structures. And it's not web based, hence the reason they don't have a test server available. The server runs on Linux, and there are clients available for Linux and Windows. Quasar's a plus if you want to keep your hands on the keyboard, as the user interface is excellent for that purpose.

Currently it's at 1.4.7, but LC plans to release 1.5 soon which comes with even more comprehensive inventory controls (multiple pricing methods - LIFO / FIFO / Averages, tracking individual items with serial numbers, etc).

[kramcbe]

Hi All

I wish to view all the tables affected in sampleproductcompany.db file.
I can't able to attach the .db file in MSSQL server. Kindly give the suggestions.

[ramirezhenry55]

I just read this MS from one of the press releases. This is the first encounter of people really implementing it

guess its going great! Just wondering if its suitable for small business? I mean budget and simplicity wise?
thanks