<----- Original Message ----> From: krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" linuxers@mm.glug-bom.org Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 12:09:25 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] need a tally alternative on gnu/linux.
hello jtd, Abhishek, kenneth and other friends on the list. I could have specially sent this email off list to those whose names I mentioned at the top. but I want more people to read this email for spreading awareness because what I am going to ask is a new subject for me as well. I need an accounting software that falls under the FOSS model. it should compeet with Talli so that even common business men will use it. </end of original>
With easy-to-use desktop guis available now in the form of ubuntu and probably some others, (more printer drivers, usb hot plugging, oo 2.0, gaim... and so on), the only thing preventing the 100s of thousands of non technical, small business users is an accounting package that will work on *nix and is of the same level of ease of installation and use and support as Tally.
Pretty much all of them are using pirated windows and pirated office and pirated anti virus and downtime is very high due to malware, adware, viruses. But they have no choice because of lack of accounting applications.
The day we can give them such an app with assured support, will be big enough to be declared a public holiday.
thanks kenneth. I will be studying the source code now since I know that it does exist in the python programming domain. talking about accounting specifics, I have a couple of very very good people from the accounting background and one has also got a very good understanding of tally. By the way kenneth, why was python made a choice over any other technology? due to its open nature, or is it really fast and efficient than technologies like java when it comes to such heavy duty applications? I develop in python for its high productivity, but never did a project of this size in it so just want to make sure from you and any experienced people. I have seen one project called gnosis at Dr. Nagarjuna's lab on which even I am going to work. it was also in python, but may be as of now it has not grown to the extent of calling it a heavy duty application. may be I am wrong but that's the way I can see it right now, regards. Krishnakant.
On 14-Oct-06, at 11:42 AM, krishnakant Mane wrote:
By the way kenneth, why was python made a choice over any other technology? due to its open nature, or is it really fast and efficient than technologies like java when it comes to such heavy duty applications?
an open source application where the target is non it persons needs to be in a scripting language so the audience has some chance of playing around with the code. I first did it in perl - the perl version, with one user, has been in production for about 4 years now. I found python more convenient for multi programmer environment. Java is too bloated - and not enduser friendly.
Incidently java programmers are defecting in droves to python and ruby ...
I develop in python for its high productivity, but never did a project of this size in it so just want to make sure from you and any experienced people. I have seen one project called gnosis at Dr. Nagarjuna's lab on which even I am going to work. it was also in python, but may be as of now it has not grown to the extent of calling it a heavy duty application. may be I am wrong but that's the way I
his application is in zope - as you may have seen, my demo app at http://avsap.org.in is in zope/plone, but again, too much bloat.
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