Text 15415, 105 rader
Skriven 2007-01-14 09:19:28 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 15413 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Peachtree & Quickbooks block Linux server use
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>

 Intuit claims support but doesn't recommend Novell - whatever that means

http://www.quickbooks.com/support/faqs/qb2007/319478.html

Enterprise: Multi-user mode is optimized for Windows 2000 Server or Windows
Server 2003 client-server networks, and Windows 2000/XP peer-to-peer networks.
Novell NetWare is supported but not recommended.

"Ellen K." <72322.1016@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:u0pjq21nf3auv6ssq72iqvknrgc4gmb0o5@4ax.com...
> Will Quickbooks and/or Peachtree run on a Novell network?
>
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:39:04 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
> <gauszka@dontspamhotmail.com> wrote in message <45a40018$1@w3.nls.net>:
>
>>MS conspiracy or idiotic accounting vendors? I vote for the latter
>>
>>http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2007/01/accounting_vend.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "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."
>>
>>
>>
>>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."
>>
>>
>>
>>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."
>>
>>
>>
>>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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