> The question about accounting software came from a young gentleman who has > started a consulting business and wants to automate his books. I can tell > you from experience we as consultants have a minimum of accounting need. We > need to be able to categorize our income and expenses along with managing a > small A/R. We need something easy and straight forward with a cost of FREE > to maybe $99.00. If you go to the PLUG meetings let me know. We can arrange to meet and I can show you GNU Enterprise and what it might be able to offer you. It is a GNU Project, so its libre as well as gratis. (free speech/free beer) It is licensed under the GPL. If there was enough interest in general I would gladly to a presentation on it at one of the meetings. I work with GNUCash guys a lot so can demo explain GNUCash for you as well. Anyhow, I dont like doing shameless promotion of products on mailing lists, but I hate see prop products being suggested. Derek Neighbors GNU Enterprise