QuickBooks for Linux

[Ben Scott]

On 6/13/07, Bill Sconce <sconce at in-spec-inc.com> wrote:
> Intuit has been famous for a rigid attitude of "if Linux is in the
> picture we don't support it".
>
>> Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) announced today that businesses will soon
>> be able to operate QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions(r) from Linux servers.

  Oh, hell, we could do that before.  You just had to lie and tell
tech support it was a Windows server.  QuickBooks is entirely
file-share based.  You could serve it off a Palm Pilot as long as it
had an SMB server.  All they're really  saying here is their support
won't hang up on you.  I've dealt with Intuit support before; I'm not
sure that's an improvement.

  I'm still waiting for someone with Clue about accounting to take a
look at Quasar Accounting from Linux Canada Inc.  It's a small
business accounting package similar in concept to QuickBooks.  Real
client/server database.  Runs on Windows *and* Linux.  Released under
the GPL, so it's real Free(dom) Software.

  I was able to test and confirm that it ran on a Linux server,
talking to 'nix and 'doze clients, but I know nothing about
accounting, so it was all FORTRAN to me.

  And, of course, their website is down right now.  ~sigh~

  http://www.linuxcanada.com/

-- Ben