Re: [SL] Mid-size consulting firm; replacement for QuickBooks?

[Michael H. <mh...@it...>]

The lack of a payroll module may be an issue, depending on whether  
you're using QB's right now or not.
    Otherwise it really depends on the nature of the business.  E.g.  
I wouldn't put a healthcare organization on it due to the specialized  
insurance tracking and forms required.
    This is really where the MS lock-in has held sway for so long,  
the vast majority of businesses occupy what are called "vertical  
markets", i.e. they are in niche industries.  And for the most part  
those vertical markets have a small number of applications available  
to serve the day to day business process needs which are highly  
tailored to that particular demographic and which usually require  
Windows.
    This is not always the case of course, the retail sector has a  
rich selection of applications for all platforms OSS and otherwise.   
Construction companies on the other hand have about three options and  
they are all Windows based.
    So tell us - what do you do?  :)


Thanks,

Michael


On Feb 26, 2007, at 1:02 PM, JT wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Rich Shepard <rsh...@ap...>
> To: sql...@li...
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 2:23:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [SL] Mid-size consulting firm; replacement for  
> QuickBooks?
>
>
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007, JT wrote:
>
>> I have used SL for my own home-office based business in the past, ...
>
>    Ergo, you are familiar with it and know how extensive it is.
>
>> We will soon start to look at the Microsoft Dynamics options, but  
>> I am
>> interested in finding out the availability of professional  
>> services to
>> support an SL implementation in an organization of our size.
>
>    I don't understand. If you want a proprietary solution from  
> Microsoft,
> then pay them. If you want to replace QB with SQL-Ledger that's a  
> totally
> different situation. First, you're aware of the help and resources  
> right
> here, since this is where you posted your message. Second, if you  
> look on
> the SQL-Ledger web site you'll see that there are companies that  
> provide
> hands-on help and that Dieter is available for paid help, too.
>
>    What's your question to the list?
>
> Rich
>
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> My question is relative to what type of companies have adopted SL  
> as their financial system; more specifically, does this group (or  
> Dieter) know of $10M - $50M companies using SL? I am not a  
> Microsoft fan; I would greatly prefer to go with an OSS solution;  
> especialy one with the flexibility to grow with our company. Does  
> anyone know of situations where companies had to migrate off of SL  
> due to running into limitations (I imagine not). I am looking for  
> organizations in similar situations to ours.
>
> Sorry for not being more clear on my last post.
>
> Jeremy
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