[Gllug] BBC: Battle of the operating systems

[Rich Walker]

Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> writes:

> 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.

Hence the point of using LedgerSMB, which is endeavouring to address
that already - just add directed manpower to it?

cheers, Rich.

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