[Wlug] Linux Choix?

[Eric Martin]

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John Stoffel wrote:
> Mike> There is one application and one process that is keeping me from
> Mike> being able to completely eliminate getting rid of windows. That
> Mike> is Quickbooks and syncing to my nokia 9300. I use SugarCRM for
> Mike> customer and marketing related related activities. Is there an
> Mike> open source alternative to quickbooks and to sync to my nokia
> Mike> (symbian os)?
>
> Have you looked at gnucash as a QuickBooks replacement?   I just wish
> I was anal enough to bother putting all my home/personal expenses into
> GnuCash, but I'm balking at re-typing my credit card and bank
> statements into it. 
>
> This is the Quicken advantage, they can talk to alot of banks and
> credit card companies to import data easily. 
>
> Actually, GnuCash can do this too, if your bank/CCC supports exporting
> in one of the standard financial formats.  Now if I could just get my
> bank to *email* me an encrypted statement each month, I'd be happy...
>
GNUcash can handle grabbing stuff online the same way quicken does.
The problem is most banks / credit cards (that I've tried) check for
quicken, so it doesn't work easily.  I'm trying to get back into
punching my stuff into gnucash so I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> As for the Nokia, sorry, no clue.
Ditto

Eric
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