Sometime on Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 10:47:45AM +0000, Dinesh Joshi said:
If a platform independent accounting package is required, how about creating a bootable 'accounting only' operating system that will also have the ability to convert data to different known file formats. It could also be a live cd that can read/write to any existing file system partition.
There isnt a need to create a complete accounting OS for this purpose! I would recommend using Java if we need platform independence. But beware we would need REAL java experts. The program development cycle for Java platform takes a lot more time than on .NET...
Why not an Accounting distro? I can volunteer for remastering an "Accounting Only" live cd distribution. But using Java should be a strict no. That would mean getting rid of older machines and getting new Pentium 4 boxes. Plus Swing does not come with favourable distribution license.
Anurag