Text 15417, 138 rader
Skriven 2007-01-14 11:19:44 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 15416 av mike (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Peachtree & Quickbooks block Linux server use
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@dontspamhotmail.com>

Yet another candidate to run in vmware/virtualpc.I wonder how so they'll start
coding their apps to disallow that?

"mike" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
news:h4ikq2h27fqgiv75hv9vnhapahc72nfk2l@4ax.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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