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Written by Philip Copeman
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Friday, 13 March 2009 |
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I found myself
recently defending
our Windows involvement with a Linux Open Source Advocate. We are
on the same side, but the Open Source purists see all connections
with the Windows world and the proprietary world as unsavory. Here at
the TurboCASH project, we take a far more pragmatic approach.
Primarily we are
accountants or small business owners doing a bit of accounting on the
side. Yes we use operating systems and development environments to
make and run our software, but they are tools. Our aim is to be
pervasive, and if it means dealing with proprietary systems to get
there, so be it. Turning away customers because they are Windows users is
definitely not on our agenda.
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Written by Philip Copeman
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 |
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One positive side of the Depression is that users are waking up to
the idea that Free is not that bad after all. Seems that the
idealistic ideas of software freedom and Open source quality are not
as attractive drivers of demand as the sudden realization that by
keeping $ 500 in your pocket, you can still get a great accounting
package and have money for groceries.
TurboCASH registrations are firmly up in both the US an UK,
traditional strongholds for proprietary software. But reports of
success in the Open Source proejcts are coming in from Mulitple
sources. Read how the French Police saved $ 50 Million implementing
Linux. Read how 43 Million people have downloaded the latest version
of Open Office.
Buy
the TurboCASH CD and get Open Office 3 shipped alongside for
free.
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Written by Philip Copeman
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 |
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No accounting package can be everything
to everyone. What is too complicated for one user is too simple for
another. Many of us here in the TurboCASH project have been in
the software development business for many years. We take pride in
the fact that we are able to take something as complex as the
accounting process and present it as a day to day garden application.
Making it more featured or easier to use is a decision directed by
our users.
Nobody starts out with the intention of
making a program difficult to use. As developers we are always
balancing this process - ease of use and adoptability against
performance and features. Below us are spreadsheets, simple invoicing
packages and personal money managers. Above us are ERP packages and
workflow managers.
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