1/6 A relative is opening a small (family) store and asks me what
software can be used to keep track of everything, like inventory,
sales, suppliers, statistics etc. Are there good and cheap commericial
(database?) programs for this? Can she use some open source solution?
Right now she uses a Mac though that can change if necessary.
\_ While I hate it with every bit of my soul, for small business,
Peachtree Accounting will do everything you've asked for. It only
runs on Windows, though.
\_ Why do you hate it?
\_ Why do you hate America?
\_ Once you grow and have multiple computers connecting to the
database, things get less stable. It uses its own form
of lock that breaks if you try to host the file on Samba
server(don't even think of trying this.) Too many maintenance
operations require the database be in single user mode.
Basically, it's fine and dandy for a small business that
intends to stay small. It's the growing pains that I don't
like.
\_ Thanks for the info. What would you have used instead?
Even very small business may want to have multiple user
access.
\_ why not quickbooks? a small biz is still a lot of work,
and getting someone to balance the books every now and
then would be easier to find since qb is the standard. |
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