[juno] Next Step

[Chris Albertson]

While I am a fan of the double entry accounting system, I think we need to ask 
the question "who is the target user of this package?" If it is business, then 
double entry is the way to go. The detail you get from that is great.


However, if the target is your general lazy home user who wants a web-based 
"quicken/MS Money-type" replacement package... I don't think they will want to 
do double entry. Double entry has a lot of positives, but it's time consuming. 
(Not to mention that not many people have either had accounting 
experience/classes, or remember that stuff.)


I just think that double entry will remove a lot of users from the mix.




Thoughts?




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Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:




> Quoting Scott Carr <scarr@progbits.com>:


> 


> > The method for which I am going to implement the Accounting side is via


> > Double Entry accounting.  For each entry in an Account, an opposite entry


> > will be made in a different account.


> 


> I know nothing about accounting theory, but it seems like this would have a


> tough time accounting for income (anything outside of a closed system)...


> any quick links/explanations?


> 


> -chuck


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