On 1/2/2010 1:27 PM, Amol Hatwar wrote:
Strange. I've yet to see "General Users" using Tally, QuickBooks and what have you on Windows. I agree the platform sees increased usage; but please attribute it to Accountants rather than "General Users". Archived consensus might not always be the right one...
Now, looks like we will have to go deeper into meaningless discussion on what a general users is. From what i know, the largest pool of general users work on Office Productivity Suites (like ms office) And the next largest pool is probably on accounting related functions (tally, inventory, erp, hr) We already have Open Office for the office productivity users. But few SME offices will allow its systems to be moved to linux unless there is a good accounting software available for them to use.
CAs (like myself ??) will wait for a package to be worth using, stable and able to deliver rather than a fan following. the offer to have it tested and refined is probably a move in the right direction.
Great! Which means, it will require discussing accounting principles, what the software does and doesn't do and all the myriad thingamajigs from architecture to programming style. Separate list I say!
I do not know why you insist on looking at it the wrong way. He HAS NOT offered to report the testing on the ILUG group. He has only initiated the matter by making the offer to do it on ILUG, since he knows the lead developer is here on the list And perhaps with a completely misguided hope that his efforts will be appreciated (heaven forbid that happening !!!)
to tell him to join the GNUKhata mailing list to be able to make that offer, IMO is uncalled for, if not stupid. Note that the lead developer immediately took up the offer and asked to be contacted offline. Again the right move.
In the normal scheme of things, i would have been bored of this conversation by now and not bothered to reply, but its important that we understand that you cant keep telling people not to bring to a linux user group discussion what is definitely a connected matter. Cause i am beginning to wonder what i am still doing on the list
Cheers,
Amol Hatwar