[Gllug] BBC: Battle of the operating systems

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 01:54:17PM +0000, Rich Walker wrote:
> The basis that SQL-Ledger and LedgerSMB are running from seems to be
> sound. SQL-Ledger has certain disadvantages, some of which I would say
> are addressed by the LedgerSMB people.
> 
> At a guess, I'm assuming you want to tie your online customer account
> management in to the ledger; the problem SQL-Ledger has is that it's
> relatively difficult to do this 'cos there's no sensible API, and
> that's one of the things LedgerSMB is intended to address.
> 
> *ties threads together*
> 
> Possibly this is something to sponsor a student to do?

Designing a sensible API is something that requires skill and experience, these
are NOT things that you would expect to find in many students. OK: students are
cheap - but what is the point if you end up with something that won't work.

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