[juno] Next Step

[Scott Carr]

The double entry implementation I am talking about is GNUCash.  It takes care of
all the double entry stuff.  

We can provide a default set of accounts to make it easier.  The nice thing
about this is, we can choose which level it is by the accounts that are in the
system.  Instead of dumbing the whole system down for one group or the other.
-- 
Scott Carr
Documentation Maintainer
http://documentation.openoffice.org
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Quoting Chris Albertson <alb@chrisalbertson.com>:

> 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.
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> 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.)
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> I just think that double entry will remove a lot of users from the mix.
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> Thoughts?
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> Chris Albertson
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> 186,300 miles per second. It's not just a good idea, it's the law.
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> Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:
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> > Quoting Scott Carr <scarr@progbits.com>:
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> > > The method for which I am going to implement the Accounting side is via
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> > > Double Entry accounting.  For each entry in an Account, an opposite entry
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> > > will be made in a different account.
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> > I know nothing about accounting theory, but it seems like this would have a
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> > tough time accounting for income (anything outside of a closed system)...
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> > any quick links/explanations?
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> > -chuck
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