GNUCash -> SQL-Ledger the Journey

[David A. Bandel]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:57 AM, James McDonald
<james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:
> For the last couple of years I have toyed with the idea of starting up
>  my own business and as a result have been trying to educate myself on
>  how one would operate it. That being the case I'm thinking I will need
>  some sort of accounting package to keep track of sales and to print
>  invoices etc.
[snip]
>
>  Anyway that being the case I went to SQL-Ledger.org and installed it. I
>  have had a few issues with making sure I have the correct dependencies
>  but now that it's installed it works as advertised. The reporting
>  infrastructure uses latex templates and it is very powerful. So I
>  shouldn't have a problem with Kindie scribble reports. Speaking of
>  SQL-Ledger I googled and noticed that DAB has an article
>  http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7290 on it.
>
>  To me SQL-Ledger is a good thing because it's mult-site/user. You can
>  create and print a professional looking invoice over the internet
>  without being at the office. It also has a backup-able SQL db nice for
>  hardware failures and relocation if necessary. Another plus is that it's
>  Perl and after purchasing "Programming Perl" and "Perl Cookbook" I can
>  at least make an attempt to fix things as they break.
>
>  So anyone else running a business on opensource accounting software and
>  if so what's your poison?

I've eschewed SQL-Ledger for LedgerSMB.  SQL-Ledger is no longer open
source (and the author is a bit heavy-handed).  The LedgerSMB folks,
on the other hand, are much easier to deal with.

LedgerSMB is based on SQL-Ledger, but the code is being completely
rewritten.  First on the list was working on all the XS scripting
vulnerabilities found in SQL-Ledger.  Now they are moving on.  The
list is good, and the response excellent.  Being written in Perl, it's
not that difficult to decipher if you need to get your hands dirty.
And the invoices are very professional looking.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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