On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 16:21 +0530, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
On 1/2/2010 1:27 PM, Amol Hatwar wrote:
Strange. I've yet to see "General Users" using Tally, QuickBooks and what have you on Windows. I agree the platform sees increased usage; but please attribute it to Accountants rather than "General Users". Archived consensus might not always be the right one...
Now, looks like we will have to go deeper into meaningless discussion on what a general users is. From what i know, the largest pool of general users work on Office Productivity Suites (like ms office) And the next largest pool is probably on accounting related functions (tally, inventory, erp, hr)
Yes that's right because office productivity takes a lot of stress and needs what we call in hindi as "gadha majuri ". May be to a great extent that does not apply to accountants, but after they gather some experience and are doing lot of work, even that tends to become mechanical. So such kind of users are the largest consumers of personal computers, at least one of the largest group.
We already have Open Office for the office productivity users. But few SME offices will allow its systems to be moved to linux unless there is a good accounting software available for them to use.
CAs (like myself ??) will wait for a package to be worth using, stable and able to deliver rather than a fan following. the offer to have it tested and refined is probably a move in the right direction.
Great! Which means, it will require discussing accounting principles, what the software does and doesn't do and all the myriad thingamajigs from architecture to programming style. Separate list I say!
While many would not mind discussions about GNUKhata on this mailing list, there will be others who will say that this is a general purpose mailing list which for many is like a "cook book " for getting their problems solved. Discussions and problem solving is highly focused so many might not like this mailing list to have long threads on only one software or subject. While I don't mind the discussions happning here (I can forward this to the gnukhata devel and users mailing list any ways ). But since there is a dedicated mailing list for the same, it will not be a bad idea to stay away from the flame war which people might have to face.
I do not know why you insist on looking at it the wrong way. He HAS NOT offered to report the testing on the ILUG group. He has only initiated the matter by making the offer to do it on ILUG, since he knows the lead developer is here on the list
Right and I as the lead developer wouldn't mind feedback (good or bad ) coming from anywhere. Just that I wish even those who are not on this mailing list due to reasons best known to them get to hear all the feedback and also interract. We are seriously concerned about the state of FOSS as far as finance and accounting is concernd and we do take good feedback as seriously as the criticisms.
So if some one from the lug offers to test, it will be great. The only point is that we like to archive all this seperately and hence the dedicated mailing list.
And perhaps with a completely misguided hope that his efforts will be appreciated (heaven forbid that happening !!!) No, I think at least I highly appreciate the initiative :)
to tell him to join the GNUKhata mailing list to be able to make that offer, IMO is uncalled for, if not stupid.
I beg to partially disagree. While it is a good thing that the topic came up on lug, but GNUKhata mailing list has got more people focused on the project and most users and developers always hang around that mailing list.
Note that the lead developer immediately took up the offer and asked to be contacted offline. Again the right move.
Because I thought letting the thread go on endlessly on the list might call for flames because not all are interested in the discussion, while mailing me off the list or joining the mailing list would always get the only interested people to read the mail because that is what the members of that mailing list are interested in.
In the normal scheme of things, i would have been bored of this conversation by now and not bothered to reply, but its important that we understand that you cant keep telling people not to bring to a linux user group discussion what is definitely a connected matter. Cause i am beginning to wonder what i am still doing on the list
:) I was inactive for quite some time on this list myself.
Happy hacking. Krishnakant.