What about Simply Accounting 9 (Canadian Ed)? I've been using v8.5 for a while and found it to be pretty good. I'm fairly comprehensive and a much more true accounting system than QuickXXX ever has been.
Anyone who has read that cursed SP3 EULA, and is concerned with MS's continually increasing use of force over their User Base (read: DRM, activation, etc) can't be too surprised by this. Yes, MS products are expensive and for 15yrs+ have become a constantly increasing % of an overall system cost. Big surprise. It's no wonder that slowly, country after country is starting to either re-evaluate their stance, or altogether shift away from MS products.
The processing overhead is a bitch when you have more than a few users on an AP who actually do use the internet for more than just email. IHMO, don't buy anything less than C(r)isco product if you're going to do this.
I've used all 4 main tools: Mathematica, Maple, Mathcad, and Matlab. All 4 have their various strengths and weaknesses. Overall, if I had to choose one as "the best or most comprehensive", I'd have to choose Mathematica. Now, if only symbolic math is important to you, then try Maple. It's a good product and strong with symbolic math. You can download a free demo from them.
I don't get what so many people's issues are. I easily have over $100K in net worth and I'm 32. I have over $100K alone in home equity from the difference between my house value and my remaining mortgage, and I have over $50K in Canadian RRSP savings. Yet I'm married, have a young child and a wife who hasn't worked in 2.5yrs.
It all comes down to 2 things: minimize costs and interest-bearing expenses, and increase net income.
Quake 3 Arena is written in C. Is that an example of a dated program? Or is it state of the art programming in a known and mature language? Give me an example of a known and mature application created in C#?
Speaking as a former Distribution Rep, the lowest prices that are offered to Retail and VAR/LAR customers tend to come at/near the end of the summer. Right now is the best time to purchase. It's actually the best time to purchase, better than post-Xmas.
Microsoft Windows is not HIPAA-compliant and you legally may not be allowed to use any MS Windows as your O/S without facing severe legal ramifications if I'm understanding the HIPAA information site correctly. Although there can be many security-related concerns and issues surrounding MS Windows and MS products in general, I believe that it comes down to the EULA that MS has you basically agree to when you install MS Windows. Under the terms of the EULA, you agree that MS can access your system at any time. That totally violates the security and confidentiality requirements of the HIPAA legislation.
BAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAAA!!! When Napster was alive, I was downloading like nuts and buying CDs like nuts. Now that it's dead, I don't get anywhere near the wide sampling of music that's out there so I simply don't buy CDs anywhere near the volume that I used to. Argue it all you want, Napster made me buy more. The RIAA killed it's own golden goose.
Okay, how many times do I have to explain this. Java is coded once. One time. The JVM is different for each platform. Thus, a Java program is basically system-independent since the JVM is the actually execution mechanism. Thus, a Java program doesn't give a shit if it's on a Windows box, or Sun box, or something else. What does all of Microsoft's software run on? Only Windows. What has Microsoft spent the last 20+ years doing? Making everybody run only on Windows. What will C# programs do ultimately? Run only on Windows. Is C# a standardized language? No, it only runs on Windows.
C# is not nearly as good as Java. Sure, it has some improvements but the fact that it belongs to the largest closed-source, proprietary software developer in the world is simply a bad thing.
Because the 90% that you so blindly look at is only on the desktop side of the equation. You're not taking into consideration development on embedded CPUs, minicomputers, mainframes or larger data clusters, all of which will mostly run some *NIX variant or other. Dedicating an entire entry level course to a language that is totally 100% only on a singular platform (Windows on Intel CPUs) is downright stupid of UWaterloo to do. Most CS/EEE students may not even use Windows after graduation. They may end up using higher end RISC boxes with SGI chips or Sun machines. These are the core development systems that engineering specialists use. So, the question then is: what good is C# for these graduates? Simple. No fucking good.
"Making it IT's job to justify the IT expense is a mistake; it's no more IT's job to do that than it is Facility's job to justify spending money on chairs and tables. Facilitys can justify which chairs and desks, and IT can justify which development methodologies it uses, but in the end, IT exists to provide business value, and business value has to be measured by the business, not by the IT people."
Best quote I've read in a while. I'm going to be reciting this one at my next mgmt meeting.
Six IT people for only 80 users? Now that's friggin' nuts! I have a customer that has 6 IT people and they support 500+ users. Get this breakdown:
1 IT Guy - Network Admin 1 IT Guy - AS/400 (2 of the IBM beasts) and *NIX 1 IT Guy - Lotus Notes and Mail services 3 IT Guys - Win 2000 DHCP servers and internal Enduser support (Win9x/2K) --------- 6 IT people
The thing is: all their mission critical apps are on the AS/400 systems. ERP and Lotus Notes. Those damn Big Blue boxes never go down. License upgrades? Fuck that shit.
The biggest problem that I have is that it's hard to nail down and detail the ROI in purely financial figures. Which is exactly what the beancounters want. There may be a ton of benefits to a development project from newer/better/enhanced features to more integration with our actual business process. But try explaining it when you're not sure of the numbers and you're screwed. I mean, you can fairly estimate the cost of the project, you can fairly estimate the length of time that it will take. The kicker though is nailing down exactly what savings/benefits you're going to have when the beancounters haven't measured the cost of an existing process previously, or can't measure the cost of a new process accurately.
...if they think that this is something to be proud of. If I was Sony, I'd actually be embarrassed to publicly admit to having this technology let alone bringing it to market. They should just sell more TV/VCR/DVD/etc and STFU..
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"I've been using OpenBSD in several mission critical networking roles for 3 years now..." blah blah blah...
What are you using it for, and how reliable is it for networking? Uptime?
What are some good DOS-based (or other) accounting packages?
What about Simply Accounting 9 (Canadian Ed)? I've been using v8.5 for a while and found it to be pretty good. I'm fairly comprehensive and a much more true accounting system than QuickXXX ever has been.
TD Canada Trust is not the largest bank in Canada. The Royal Bank of Canada is and they are a heavy MS and IBM customer.
Anyone who has read that cursed SP3 EULA, and is concerned with MS's continually increasing use of force over their User Base (read: DRM, activation, etc) can't be too surprised by this. Yes, MS products are expensive and for 15yrs+ have become a constantly increasing % of an overall system cost. Big surprise. It's no wonder that slowly, country after country is starting to either re-evaluate their stance, or altogether shift away from MS products.
The processing overhead is a bitch when you have more than a few users on an AP who actually do use the internet for more than just email. IHMO, don't buy anything less than C(r)isco product if you're going to do this.
Ahhh, I love /. It has to be the only place on the 'net where a technical discussion of wireless intrusion detection can be made analogous to anal sex.
I've used all 4 main tools: Mathematica, Maple, Mathcad, and Matlab. All 4 have their various strengths and weaknesses. Overall, if I had to choose one as "the best or most comprehensive", I'd have to choose Mathematica. Now, if only symbolic math is important to you, then try Maple. It's a good product and strong with symbolic math. You can download a free demo from them.
Ahh... fond memories of UWaterloo.....
I don't get what so many people's issues are. I easily have over $100K in net worth and I'm 32.
I have over $100K alone in home equity from the difference between my house value and my remaining mortgage, and I have over $50K in Canadian RRSP savings. Yet I'm married, have a young child and a wife who hasn't worked in 2.5yrs.
It all comes down to 2 things: minimize costs and interest-bearing expenses, and increase net income.
Quake 3 Arena is written in C. Is that an example of a dated program? Or is it state of the art programming in a known and mature language? Give me an example of a known and mature application created in C#?
I can't think of one either.
Speaking as a former Distribution Rep, the lowest prices that are offered to Retail and VAR/LAR customers tend to come at/near the end of the summer. Right now is the best time to purchase.
It's actually the best time to purchase, better than post-Xmas.
Microsoft Windows is not HIPAA-compliant and you legally may not be allowed to use any MS Windows as your O/S without facing severe legal ramifications if I'm understanding the HIPAA information site correctly. Although there can be many security-related concerns and issues surrounding MS Windows and MS products in general, I believe that it comes down to the EULA that MS has you basically agree to when you install MS Windows. Under the terms of the EULA, you agree that MS can access your system at any time. That totally violates the security and confidentiality requirements of the HIPAA legislation.
Anyone care to argue/agree?
BAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAAA!!! When Napster was alive, I was downloading like nuts and buying CDs like nuts. Now that it's dead, I don't get anywhere near the wide sampling of music that's out there so I simply don't buy CDs anywhere near the volume that I used to. Argue it all you want, Napster made me buy more. The RIAA killed it's own golden goose.
Okay, how many times do I have to explain this. Java is coded once. One time. The JVM is different for each platform. Thus, a Java program is basically system-independent since the JVM is the actually execution mechanism. Thus, a Java program doesn't give a shit if it's on a Windows box, or Sun box, or something else. What does all of Microsoft's software run on? Only Windows. What has Microsoft spent the last 20+ years doing? Making everybody run only on Windows. What will C# programs do ultimately? Run only on Windows. Is C# a standardized language? No, it only runs on Windows.
C# is not nearly as good as Java. Sure, it has some improvements but the fact that it belongs to the largest closed-source, proprietary software developer in the world is simply a bad thing.
Because the 90% that you so blindly look at is only on the desktop side of the equation. You're not taking into consideration development on embedded CPUs, minicomputers, mainframes or larger data clusters, all of which will mostly run some *NIX variant or other. Dedicating an entire entry level course to a language that is totally 100% only on a singular platform (Windows on Intel CPUs) is downright stupid of UWaterloo to do. Most CS/EEE students may not even use Windows after graduation. They may end up using higher end RISC boxes with SGI chips or Sun machines. These are the core development systems that engineering specialists use. So, the question then is: what good is C# for these graduates? Simple. No fucking good.
I'm very disappointed in UW for this. As a UW Alumni (albeit math), my pledges are now history.
"Making it IT's job to justify the IT expense is a mistake; it's no more IT's job to do that than it is Facility's job to justify spending money on chairs and tables. Facilitys can justify which chairs and desks, and IT can justify which development methodologies it uses, but in the end, IT exists to provide business value, and business value has to be measured by the business, not by the IT people."
Best quote I've read in a while. I'm going to be reciting this one at my next mgmt meeting.
Six IT people for only 80 users? Now that's friggin' nuts! I have a customer that has 6 IT people and they support 500+ users. Get this breakdown:
1 IT Guy - Network Admin
1 IT Guy - AS/400 (2 of the IBM beasts) and *NIX
1 IT Guy - Lotus Notes and Mail services
3 IT Guys - Win 2000 DHCP servers and internal Enduser support (Win9x/2K)
---------
6 IT people
The thing is: all their mission critical apps are on the AS/400 systems. ERP and Lotus Notes. Those damn Big Blue boxes never go down. License upgrades? Fuck that shit.
The biggest problem that I have is that it's hard to nail down and detail the ROI in purely financial figures. Which is exactly what the beancounters want. There may be a ton of benefits to a development project from newer/better/enhanced features to more integration with our actual business process. But try explaining it when you're not sure of the numbers and you're screwed. I mean, you can fairly estimate the cost of the project, you can fairly estimate the length of time that it will take. The kicker though is nailing down exactly what savings/benefits you're going to have when the beancounters haven't measured the cost of an existing process previously, or can't measure the cost of a new process accurately.
Only 64 windows? Big deal. Didn't even make a dent in my Win2K Pro system. Now, if you'd set it to open up 64,000 windows....
...if they think that this is something to be proud of. If I was Sony, I'd actually be embarrassed to publicly admit to having this technology let alone bringing it to market. They should just sell more TV/VCR/DVD/etc and STFU..
Look!! Yet Another Knee-Jerk Reaction From An Anal Manager Who Probably Has A Degree In Business But Not A Degree In Common Sense.
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I think I just pee'd myself laughing!!
Can someone verify if this is AC is true?