Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
On 1/2/2010 8:46 PM, Rony wrote:
**** deleted ***** You are still in a blinked situation thinking of linux savy software
professionals. A CA wanting to test the software for use will only be interested in doing it through double clicking on a .exe file so that it installs on its own.
Very true. If we want the majority to see our software we have to release it on their platform. Once gnukhata becomes gnukhata.exe, it will see a lot of downloads. It is not just CAs who use Tally. Everyone who uses the services of a CA uses Tally as that's the format used for their company accounts. If you have a word document, you need a word processor to view/edit it.
Hi Rony, I was waiting to see when you would come out in support. Of people on this list, i think you understand what the market really wants. Actually it does not even have to be a .exe file. It has to be easily installable. I should be able to load it with a single click (or at best 3).
Hi Saswata. I am still new to Linux compared to other experienced and dedicated people on the list. Doze users have a different way of thinking and using computers so if we want to reach out to them we have to think their way. BTW, I do support guiding software developers to the dedicated development list rather than this list for detailed developer discussions. FOSS is becoming popular among ordinary users mainly because installable packages are available off the net and for the Doze platform. Unless people try it out on their current platform, they will not suddenly move over to a new environment just for a single package. If it is something network based and cross platform then maybe they can setup one extra Linux machine as the server and let it interact with other existing doze clients through a common interface. That way an old machine can be setup as the Linux machine for testing.
An interesting case here is of a client of ours in kenya, who moved to using vtiger crm only because it was available on a single exe file in windows platform where it automatically installed apache, mysql, created the database, put the relevant php files in the correct place and started the browser with the url. If he had to get a linux server, struggle for a week to get it running or pay someone to set it up for him, they would never have moved. Now after testing and run it with limited users, he is considering moving it to a server, where he will consider a linux based system.