Rishi wrote:
Lets talk about cloning Tally. Maybe call it Lally.
Can any person highlight the main reasons why Tally beats any other accounting package that is available?
Tally was popular with small business and with CAs since it allows you to insert and delete vouchers at will without leaving any trail and with the software automatically renumbering the remaining vouchers. That allowed CAs to doctor books for tax evation.
What they fail to see is that in corporate world, it is a really stupid thing to do. While you think you are saving Rs. 100 on tax, it is very likely that someone else has already taken rs. 200 out of your accounts and pocketed it.
Why is it everyone is stuck to Tally? Is it just because they've been around the longest and users (CAs or accountants) are used to the UI ...... OR does their package truly have better value to offer that other GNU/Linux accounting packages don't have?
For example, the UI in GNU/Linux (X Windows with KDE / Gnome) is different from Windows, but the value is close with a superior and more stable base.
At that time, tally was the best thing to those who didnt want to pay a lot of money. Later, tally made sure enough trained people were available to operate tally, no other software did that.
Rishi