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Skriven 2007-01-09 19:16:14 av mike (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 15240 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Peachtree & Quickbooks block Linux server use
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From: mike <mike@barkto.com>


As Ben Sano used to say, ~you have to use all Microsoft, or no Microsoft.~

 /m


On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:39:04 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
<gauszka@dontspamhotmail.com> wrote:

>MS conspiracy or idiotic accounting vendors? I vote for the latter
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>http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2007/01/accounting_vend.html
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> "I have two clients using multi-user network accounting packages," the
>reader wrote. "One uses Quickbooks, the other uses Peachtree. In both cases
>upgrades to newer versions of each accounting package required I set up
>either a peer system or a dedicated server with Windows, and move away from
>the Linux servers I'd set up for both. The reason? Both Intuit and Sage
>Software now use .NET to develop these applications, and both are, according
>to their support staff, complying with Microsoft standards for their backend
>database components -- components which won't work on non-Microsoft network
>servers."
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>The reader first became aware of the problem when Intuit's sunset policies
>forced one of his customers to upgrade their version of Quickbooks. "One
>client had been using Quickbooks Pro 2003 for 5 users when they started
>having problems with database corruption," the reader wrote. "When I called
>tech support for them, I was told Intuit no longer supports QB Pro 2003. In
>order to get the accounting database back up, my client would have to
>upgrade to QB Pro 2006. Initially I didn't see a problem with this. Their
>2003 worked fine with the data on the Linux server (SUSE 9.3). However, when
>I started installing 2006, I saw the new requirements on the side of the box
>stating the data now had to reside on a Windows server, either a
>peer-to-peer arrangement, or a dedicated Windows 2003 Server system. In this
>case, I had to install the software on the newest system and reconfigure the
>network mappings accordingly."
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>Another of the reader's customers was using Sage's Peachtree. "The client
>was told by Peachtree that the new payroll software wouldn't work with
>Peachtree Complete Accounting 2004," the reader wrote. " So, they purchased
>the upgrade to 2007. Again, the previous version had no problems with the
>data on their Linux server (SUSE 9.1), but now require a Windows server,
>either peer-to-peer or a dedicated Windows server 2003. It also uses .NET
>technology and must install server components on the machine where the data
>will reside. This client had to purchase a new system -- it was less
>expensive to buy a new system than to buy a copy of Windows XP Pro and have
>me install and configure it on the Linux box. And since the Linux box's
>major purpose was to provide file services for their accounting package and
>documents, there really isn't a reason to maintain two servers."
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>The upshot is the reader's clients first had to upgrade their accounting
>package and then had to spend extra money to continue using it. "In both
>cases the software developers are forcing my clients to use server software
>we had decided would be unnecessary and would add to their costs," the
>reader wrote. "In both cases my clients had to pay additional billable hours
>to my company to handle the additional time spent to setup and configure new
>servers and either remove or re-task the perfectly good Linux servers. Both
>companies needed little maintenance on the Linux server boxes. Further, the
>servers didn't need the additional expenditures for security software for
>virus and spyware attacks. So, in addition to needing these new systems,
>they need to acquire, install, configure, and maintain security software,
>and maintenance will go up as Windows requires more maintenance than does
>the Linux OS. This means more billable hours for me, but unhappy clients."
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