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Still need those critical Windows apps, Quickbooks etc (Unless Intuit does Linux version)? | 355 comments | Create New Account
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Still need those critical Windows apps, Quickbooks etc (Unless Intuit does Linux version)?
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, April 06 2013 @ 08:59 PM EDT

I have a hunch that the only patents that would really be an issue are the ones you don't know exist and any ones on the file format they are saved in.

If there are any such patents, those companies have had years in which to sue both the developers and users of the software that can read/write/edit their precious file formats. AFAIK, they haven't even threatened to sue either developers, or users, for any alleged infringements of their non-patents.

raise the cost of creating a clone of quickbooks

The biggest issue is not the cost of creating the clone, but the cost of marketing of the clone. How do you reach a market when you have zero dollars, zero cents, and zero mills to allocate to marketing? (Mills are still legal tender in the United States.)

The really ironic thing, is that regardless of whether one uses a FLOSS solution, or a proprietary solution, for software accounting, one needs to have a CPA setup the books, so that the results conform to the local rules and regulations related to accounting practices.

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