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GnuCash - A Call For Help

Posted by simoniker on from the gnu-blood-needed dept.

sedition writes "GnuCash developer Benoit Gregoire has written the State of the GnuCash Project. It is a call for help to the Open Source community regarding the open-source accounting software for Linux, Mac OSX, and more. GnuCash is one of the largest (287,853 lines of code), but least publicized Open Source projects. Now it needs developer support, as its future is uncertain."

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  1. Gnu/Cash? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a moment there I thought RMS was claiming to have invented money.

    1. Re:Gnu/Cash? by Gzip+Christ · · Score: 5, Funny
      For a moment there I thought RMS was claiming to have invented money.
      No, that was SCO.

      PS - they want it all back.

  2. I've just donated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    10,000 GNU dollars to the project.

    Why have the crispy US dollars backed by the Treasury and US Government when we can have GNUCash?

  3. Druids? by RobertB-DC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry, I know I'll get modded down to nothing, but I've got Karma to burn and this just cracked me up:

    Mortgage and Loan Repayment druid and many, many others.

    I imagined the barbarian horde from those Capital One "What's In Your Wallet?" ads fighting it out with the Loan Repayment druids, like something from Star Wars II or The Two Towers.

    --
    Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
  4. By George! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I think they just came up with the missing part:
    1. Write free software
    2. Ask for developers on Slashdot to share the pain with you
    3. Profit!!
    Impressive!
  5. Greetings, Developer... by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    "You have been recruited by the GNU League to defend the frontier against Gates and the Quicken armada..."

  6. was it ... by middle · · Score: 4, Funny

    GNUCash calls for help ?

    or GNU calls cash help ?

  7. Re:GNUcash sucks, Kmymoney2 better by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    which behaves more like Quicken

    It requires online registration, then writes that information to the boot sector of your hard disk?

    --

    --
    "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
  8. Asking /. readers for help... by cliffy2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, it sounds good in theory, but really, all you're gonna get is "In Soviet Russia, MONEY watches YOU!" comments and goatse.cx links hidden in the code.

  9. Re:All by their lonesome? by nutznboltz · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Tao of Programming has two things to say about this:

    1. There was once a programmer who was attached to the court of the warlord of Wu. The warlord asked the programmer: ``Which is easier to design: an accounting package or an operating system?''

      ``An operating system,'' replied the programmer.

      The warlord uttered an exclamation of disbelief. ``Surely an accounting package is trivial next to the complexity of an operating system,'' he said.

      ``Not so,'' said the programmer, ``when designing an accounting package, the programmer operates as a mediator between people having different ideas: how it must operate, how its reports must appear, and how it must conform to the tax laws. By contrast, an operating system is not limited by outside appearances. When designing an operating system, the programmer seeks the simplest harmony between machine and ideas. This is why an operating system is easier to design.''

      The warlord of Wu nodded and smiled. ``That is all good and well, but which is easier to debug?''

      The programmer made no reply.
    2. A novice programmer was once assigned to code a simple financial package.

      The novice worked furiously for many days, but when his master reviewed his program, he discovered that it contained a screen editor, a set of generalized graphics routines, an artificial intelligence interface, but not the slightest mention of anything financial.

      When the master asked about this, the novice became indignant. ``Don't be so impatient,'' he said, ``I'll put in the financial stuff eventually.''

  10. Re:Wish I could code... by Keltus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they're having trouble managing their finances. If only there was some sort of computer program...