Well, usually I reply with a [solved] reply when it helps, or I further
describe the problem.
However, in the case I didn't have the time yet to try an entire program to
see it fits my needs. But your answer was useful, thanks for that.
- Jeroen
On Friday 23 July 2004 02:16 am, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 20:32, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 20:25, J.L. Coenders wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Can any of you recommend a good accounting application for Linux? I
> > > want to try doing the accounting of my company with something more
> > > advanced than a spreadsheet.
> > > I am looking for a program which is able to use the European/Dutch
> > > manner of accounting, balance sheets, etc. etc.
> >
> > GnuCash? It comes with Fedora Core, and if you installed it it's under
> > Applications -> Office.
>
> Perhaps you haven't had a chance to look over the various responses you
> got to your original question, so please don't take this as a personal
> rebuke, but it would be helpful if, when people post a question to the
> list, and get several responses, that they then reply to those responses
> and indicate which of them were helpful and whether they solved their
> problem. The list archive is a valuable resource. I, for one, would like
> to know whether my response ("try GnuCash") was helpful because at some
> point I am going to have to start evaluating GnuCash for my own needs,
> which aren't too dissimilar to yours. That's the way it works: people
> ask questions, others try to be helpful, and sometimes learn something
> themselves if they are told that their answer really was helpful.
>
> So, in general, if you post a question to this list and someone's answer
> was genuinely helpful then please let the rest of us know. It's not
> about politeness (that could be done off list) but about building a
> valuable resource (the list archive).
>
> Best, Darren
>
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> D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx www.dzr-web.com
> Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson)
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