You might look at CodeWeavers CrossOver Office http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/. They are writting the Windows API's in native Linux (not emulation). They may support QuickBooks. Wouldn't be suprissed. I have had very good results running the Windows Office Suite with CrossOver Office on Linux. For a review, see http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/4126/1/ You might also want to look at the WineHQ project http://www.winehq.com/ the free version of CodeWeavers CrossOver Office. Others on the list might want to jump in here. George > -----Original Message----- > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:10:40 -0700 > From: Carl Parrish > Subject: Re: Quick books for linux > > jon wrote: > > > You might want to check out the online edition: > > > > http://oe.quickbooks.com/home.shtml?sc=QBC-V51-HME-HMEPGE > > > > -- jon > > > > Michael Sammartano wrote: > > > >> Is there an app out there that will do what Quick books will do for > >> Linux? I need something like it for a small business. > >> > >> Mike > > > > > For personal data I recommend checkbook tracker (free) or moneydance > (java) they are both nice simple tools that run great in Linux. > Moneydance has better reporting tools though. For *really* small > businesses gnucash works, it needs to be updated to gnome 2.x pretty bad > and getting it to work with multiple users is a PITA but I ran my > consulting company off of it for years. Today I use quickbooks online > edition. Currently you need to run IE to use it (though they have hinted > that they will soon have it working with firefox - please all firefox > users check out the forums and ask about it so that the managers etc... > will know there is a market for it). What I do now is run IE though > crossover office. It works fine (though its a resource hog) only weird > thing (and maybe this is the same on Widows) is that if you're in a > field and type on the backspace key it erases the entire field not just > the last charter. I've pretty much learned to live with that however. I > can't *stand* working in IE though so I'm currently working on getting > wine to allow me to run activeX through Mozilla (should work in firefox > as well) I've already checked and if I have firefox spoff as IE on > Windows the application will let me login the only problems so far is > when I run into activeX. > > Netsuite is another great online tool that works great with Linux I ran > that for a year and it was awesome. Reasons I switched to Quickbooks are > 1) my accountant was more familiar with quickbooks 2) my wife and my > admin liked the GUI for quickbooks better 3) Quickbooks allows you to > pick and choose which tools you need. If you pick all the tools that > Netsuite has then Quickbooks ends up being more expensive. For us we > didn't need all the tools (we have our own E-comm package and prefer > SugarCRM to their CRM package). Netsuite makes you pay for the entire > package. 4) Quickbooks allows you to pay per month. Netsuite you had to > pay the entire year upfront, if you do the same with Quickbooks QBOE > ends up being cheaper (they give you a 10% discount). Negatives are > that Intuit *really* tries to make you use *only* their products. > Currently there is no way to backup your data to your own computer. They > control all the backups (we've found a work around for this if you want > it). I've already mentioned the IE only aspect (yuck). Quickbooks > *easily* wins for 1) cost / cash flow 2) documentation 3) certified > accountants - I was never able to find someone certified w/ Netsuite and > though my accountant used it he complained all the way. > > it should be mentioned that there are several open source tools that run > on the web they just didn't work out for us. 1) Most are written in perl > or python, we're now a php only shop and want a php tool to work with. > 2) None of them work with mysql, it seems the designers all believe > mysql isn't up to running financial programs 3) My admin and my wife > worked each other up (and I had to listen) on how ugly the open source > ones were. So while I have hope of finding / witting a open source tool > to work with SugarCRM and eProject (we're in testing now). For now going > with quickbooks online was just easier / cheaper. > > -- > Carl Parrish > ------------ > Developer > PCL Design & Consulting Inc. > http://www.pcl-consulting.com > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss