---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Butash Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 3:10 PM Subject: Re: MacBook To: Michael They're web services, Xero.com and FreshBooks.com, just hit the sites. Sorry, probably should have been clearer about that. -mb On 08/25/2016 10:24 AM, Michael wrote: Hey Michael.... how do you get Xero and Freshbooks? On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > I found quicken to be pretty lame for the minute I tried it with a former > accountant, and found it really didn't do anything I couldn't get in Xero > accounting suite, a web-based product. Far better integration as well with > other apps like expensify and freshbooks. > > I ended up with both Xero and Freshbooks as both have ups and downs, where > freshbooks is awesome for invoicing, accounting, creates customer portals > automatically to view work history, bills received/paid, etc, Xero is > better at general ledger management and methodology. Quicken seemed more > like the old slug GM-like company product that is too big to fail (doing > everyone a favor), as using even the enterprise version I wanted to stab > myself in the eye. There was nothing I missed from Quicken, and a whole > lot more to love with others. > > I've operated as a consultant in dozens of orgs across the years with > linux, and I never found anything that couldn't be accomplished in linux > really, minus a good visio replacement. The only problem is when they just > use garbage like lync and quicken is that is a vendor lock-in to micro$oft > anyways. > > Solution: Replace them. I did, it is possible. > > -mb > > > On 08/24/2016 08:22 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> who was screaming that the post was irrelevant? I certainly wasn't. :) >> >> At the end of the day, Linux still needs a lot of work to be considered >> to be a viable desktop production environment. >> >> can you get quicken for linux? what about Peachtree? How about a full >> office suite that can do the same things that MS office can do? what about >> some of the other mainstream office and production apps? are there many >> equivalents or direct replacements? THis is the primary problem I have seen >> with linux over the years. great OS support, but lousy where it counts. >> >> -eric >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: -- :-)~MIKE~(-: