[Leaplist] Postbooks accounting / ERP

[Jason Boxman]

On Sunday 17 February 2008 12:52, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 13:45 -0500, Jason Boxman wrote:
> > Anyone using Postbooks[1] for accounting?  It looks pretty solid, with
> > PostgreSQL on the backend and the client runs on X11, MacOS, and Windows
> > thanks to QT.
> > [1] http://www.openmfg.com/postbooks
> > The only thing it doesn't do is any kind of payroll.
>
> The open source (with commercial upgrade) option is so damn well
> designed.
>
> - Qt GUI across-the-board (not web-based)
>
> - Maximum logic in the database (stored procedures) itself,
> little-to-none in the client
>
> There are so many things to like with that design!  And for the base
> system, you can't beat the cost for a single office/factory.

I agree.  I wanted it immediately, but payroll is the one thing I _do_ need, 
so it's not helpful.  With only four emps it doesn't make sense to outsource 
it.  So the Quickbooks master gets another payday.

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Jason Boxman
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