Text 15416, 122 rader
Skriven 2007-01-14 10:16:34 av mike (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 15415 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Peachtree & Quickbooks block Linux server use
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From: mike <mike@barkto.com>


Intuit stuff is pretty tightly intertwined with Windows, for better or worse. 
It certainly looks like Intuit developers take all manner of liberties with the
Windows APIs.

I've seen that there are some problems with Quicken and Vista.  The versions of
Quicken involved are one or two years old.  Intuit's response is, "upgrade to
the current version".  That is not going to make the Quicken users happy when
they have to pay for a Quicken upgrade, in addition to the money they just
dumped into a Vista upgrade.

 /m


On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:19:29 -0500, "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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