Devdas Bhagat wrote:
On 14/10/06 22:09 +0530, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
****In tally, you can insert an accounting transaction at any point of time behind in date. It will automatically renumber all vouchers and documents. There is no trail or any indication showing that it has been done. Similarly, you can delete an acccounting transaction at any point of time. Again, no one will be any wiser. In a corporate (or even SME Segment), this is dangerous as the accountant may manipulate the data for his own purpose, causing a loss to the organisation. I have made good money in the past by explaining this to the clients and sold them our services and moved them to alternate software.
That is precisely why most SMEs like Tally. Accountants like Tally because they can input data quite fast.
But please understand that it allows you to manipulate the data by putting in entries in the middle. That makes the program unsafe from the owners perspective. There is no data integrity. There is no guarentee that the data you see now is the same as the one you saw earlier.
Second, I think we should build web-based software. It is easier to run
I disagree. Web stuff is far harder to get right than a plain, simple client/server thing.
(everyone has broadband connection today), easier to maintain (you do not have to go to the clients office to solve the problem). It is also more popular platform. An added fact is that it works in case of multiple branch scenario and also allows owners to see the data from home.
X works for that.
X will work in the office. How will you connect multiple offices to the same database ? And how will you allow the owner to access the data from outside the office (say from his home). Will you allow an user from outside the office to log into X ? How much bandwidth do you need from working from outside the office ?
Regards Saswata