Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-05 Thread james
On 12/04/2016 10:10 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote: On 05/12/16 03:06, james wrote: On 12/04/2016 06:49 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 11:07:59PM +, M. J. Everitt wrote: I gather both Quickbooks and Sage have a more modular approach to "proper" accounting software applicable

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-05 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
> On Dec 5, 2016, at 5:01 AM, Ciaran McCreesh > wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 18:47:48 -0800 > Daniel Campbell wrote: >> Compliance with what? If others desire Quickbook support, they can >> make a tool to convert from ledger. There's no good reason for a >> non-profit, libre software organiza

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-05 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 18:47:48 -0800 Daniel Campbell wrote: > Compliance with what? If others desire Quickbook support, they can > make a tool to convert from ledger. There's no good reason for a > non-profit, libre software organization to use and depend on > proprietary software. Did nobody learn a

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 05/12/16 03:06, james wrote: > On 12/04/2016 06:49 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 11:07:59PM +, M. J. Everitt wrote: >>> I gather both Quickbooks and Sage have a more modular approach to >>> "proper" accounting software applicable to small and large >>> businesses. I

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread james
On 12/04/2016 06:49 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 11:07:59PM +, M. J. Everitt wrote: I gather both Quickbooks and Sage have a more modular approach to "proper" accounting software applicable to small and large businesses. I know my mother used Quickbooks in the past wit

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 12/04/2016 04:03 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote: > On 04/12/16 23:49, Robin H. Johnson wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 11:07:59PM +, M. J. Everitt wrote: >>> I gather both Quickbooks and Sage have a more modular approach to >>> "proper" accounting software applicable to small and large businesses

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread james
On 12/04/2016 05:55 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: (OT accounting systems) If there is a good GNUCash support for non-profit accounting (which does differ from small-business accounting, see [2]), and matching documentation for it, I'm VERY interested to know about it. Robin, I posted on on th

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread james
On 12/04/2016 05:55 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: (OT accounting systems) On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 01:10:16PM -0500, james wrote: GNUcash is superior to Quickbooks, as it is a 'double entry' accounting system. Last time I check Quickbooks was not 'double entry' and that is a big deal in accounting

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 04/12/16 23:49, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 11:07:59PM +, M. J. Everitt wrote: >> I gather both Quickbooks and Sage have a more modular approach to >> "proper" accounting software applicable to small and large businesses. I >> know my mother used Quickbooks in the past

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 11:07:59PM +, M. J. Everitt wrote: > I gather both Quickbooks and Sage have a more modular approach to > "proper" accounting software applicable to small and large businesses. I > know my mother used Quickbooks in the past with good success and the > support of her accou

Re: [gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 04/12/16 22:55, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > (OT accounting systems) > > On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 01:10:16PM -0500, james wrote: >> GNUcash is superior to Quickbooks, as it is a 'double entry' accounting >> system. Last time I check Quickbooks was not 'double entry' and that is >> a big deal in ac

[gentoo-dev] (OT) Accounting systems: Ledger-CLI vs GNUcash

2016-12-04 Thread Robin H. Johnson
(OT accounting systems) On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 01:10:16PM -0500, james wrote: > GNUcash is superior to Quickbooks, as it is a 'double entry' accounting > system. Last time I check Quickbooks was not 'double entry' and that is > a big deal in accounting. QuickBooks is double-entry, and has been