I will speak from lots of experience being a developer in this space both professionally and in free software. > Two come to mind: > GNUCash GNUCash is not for business accounting. Further more it is local file database (not good for business computing), yes I realize they have a Postgres version, but its far from stable. They are working on some small business features but will be more on par with Quickbooks(which IMHO is a horrible business accounting package for many reasons) than a PeachTree > Sql Ledger SQL Ledger showed lots of promise in many ways until you look at its code and guts, last I checked you couldnt even reconcile bank accounts. If you are willing to go web accounting. NOLA from Noguska is much cleaner. > and perhaps GNUEnterpise > I think (biased) that we have the best promise in that we are a Framework much like SAP which offers true flexibility, but we dont have a shrink wrap accounting pak as of today Compiere is another nice package, that is polished but currently requires an Oracle database (pricey) and is under a weak copyleft license (MPL) > Personally, I am begining to take a look at Sql Ledger > (www.sql-ledger.org), problem is I'm an ole MySQL guy and > need to learn more 'bout PostgreSQL MySQL is not suited for business accounting in any way shape or form for many reasons (its a great database for many things, but this aint one of them) I strongly suggest you look at NOLA and give it an evaluation along with SQLLedger before making the jump, you will find it worth your time. Derek Neighbors GNU Enterprise http://www.gnuenterprise.org derek@gnue.org