Re: GNU Cash (lack of) support of Postgres

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 11:08:11AM -0500, Joshua Kramer wrote:
> I wonder if this is just because of lack of demand for a GnuCash supported
> by a (non-file) database backend, or because of lack of developer interest
> in supporting/creating such an entity.
>
> This is one of the reasons that I recommend Quasar Accounting over GNUCash
> for small or medium businesses; GNUCash may be fine for personal use, but
> Quasar is much, much more feature complete, is proven in high-volume
> environments, uses Postgres (or Firebird or Sybase) and best of all is
> GPL.
>
> http://www.linuxcanada.com
>
> Of course, that doesn't solve the problem of negative perception created
> by GNUCash abandoning PG support, but I have to ask how much of a negative
> perception is created. For now I don't think it's an issue, but if, for
> instance, eWeek or someone else ran the story, then we might have to do
> some damage control.

I think it's far more damaging at the developer level. The *only* reason
MySQL is so popular is because it's the first thing most developers
think of. Stuff like this doesn't help people feel good about moving to
PostgreSQL.
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