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From: lma@dayton.Stanford.EDU (Larry Augustin)
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Subject: Re: suitable for mission critical?
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>Chris Maeda <cmaeda@cs.washington.edu> writes: 
>
>|> There is much much more to accounting than what a relational database
>|> provides.  Why would you want to throw away several months of your
>|> life duplicating a <$1000 software package that you don't plan to
>|> market?  It's crazy.
>
>This may be true, (and infact I would not write such a peice of
>software), but in some companies 1000 USD will not be spent, they
>would rather spend 1-6 months writing the software which will
>cost 3 to 6 times more.

Please tell me where I can get this $1000 accounting system.

I'm using postgres for an accounting system right now.  I'd be happy
to spend only $1000 for a working accounting and inventory management
system accessible from multiple sites over the net.  I don't know of
any.

Larry

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