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Comment on Review of TurboCASH by Cornel

Cornel — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:08:40 +0000

Thank you for saving me the time and frustration of finding all of this out on my own. Your review answered all my questions very well. Much appreciated.

Comment on Review of TurboCASH by Gproc

Gproc — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:11:07 +0000

Great review. Stumbled on this trying to find some OSS accounting software that didn’t suck. Looks TurboCash isn’t it.

Comment on Are you wasting half of your business card? by Chuck Green

Chuck Green — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:29:51 +0000

I like it Jim! Shortcuts is a great idea for someone in your business. Even if the user does not use the shortcuts over and over, I bet they will find something that will stick with them and think of you as the supplier.

Thanks for the mention.

Comment on Review of TurboCASH by Nitin

Nitin — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:32:19 +0000

I agree with all of you. Turbo is the worst accounting package on the market. Learning how to use it takes ages and the graphics are aweful. Nevertherless, it’s free and is no doubt attractive to new and small companies.

However, investing in a good computerised accounting is a good investment and will provide tangible ROI. I would stay clear of Turbocash if I was you and would use Sage, Quickbooks or Peachtree instead.

Comment on The Gap between Finance and IT by Mike James

Mike James — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:26:03 +0000

“And I’m not saying that accountants some SQL knowledge = IT professional” omitted the word Plus after “accountants”, – I typed a plus sign…:(

Comment on The Gap between Finance and IT by Mike James

Mike James — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:24:35 +0000

Isn’t this what systems accountants do? You and I and Stephane-Robert obviously work as S/A’s, straddling the “accounting-IT divide”.

In my experience plenty of accountants acquire adequate relevant system skills, but fewer IT people acquire adequate relevant accounting skills.

And I’m not saying that accountants some SQL knowledge = IT professional.

Comment on Review of TurboCASH by Jay Webler

Jay Webler — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:57:46 +0000

Thank you for this review. I have spent hours on Turbo Cash trying to figure it out. I couldn’t believe how hard it was just to get a payment received into books and I’m still not sure where the money went. I have been trying to get away from the Quickbooks treadmill because I am an extremely small business and don’t feel that I need to upgrade just because Quickbooks decides to disable emailing of invoices for 2004 edition. Turbo Cash has caused me to question my intelligence, seeing this review has restored my confidence. Thanks.

Comment on The Gap between Finance and IT by Filling the gap between IT and Finance « Stéphane-Robert Langer

Filling the gap between IT and Finance « Stéphane-Robert Langer — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:54:00 +0000

[...] Data Management, Business Intelligence, Accounting — Stéphane-Robert Langer @ 7:53 am A recent post at Accounting Mechanics suggests accountants should do anything necessary to fill the gap between [...]

Comment on The Gap between Finance and IT by Stephane-Robert Langer

Stephane-Robert Langer — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:24:30 +0000

Thanks for the link to David Carter’s story.

I agree accountants should do anything necessary to fill this gap and have actually spent quite a few years doing it myself. It does raise a few issues, though – let’s call them “positioning” issues:

* Old-school finance people might see you too much like an IT resource

* IT will most definitely see you as competition;-)

* The added value is obvious once you’re part of an organization and start to deliver results, but it’s difficult to “sell” that particular skill set without sounding too much like “an IT guy”

* You run the risk of ending up maintaining systems instead of using them to answer the very questions you built them to find answers to in the first place

Oh well. Back to my EOM ETL jobs, SQL-based cost allocation processes and OLAP cubes…

Comment on Reconciliation Add-In for Excel by Isolist Beta Release at Accounting Mechanics

Isolist Beta Release at Accounting Mechanics — Tue, 08 May 2007 13:09:30 +0000

[...] explained in an earlier post, Isolist is an AddIn for Excel, providing a dedicated reconciliation function that matches the [...]