Re: FSF : lackeys of their corporate masters

[John Hasler]

Martin writes:
> I think it is still a far shot from being usable for accouting in a
> business.  For example, Gnucash allows it to delete entries, at which
> point they disappear completely.  The GAAP require that if an entry needs
> to be deleted, this is done by adding a cancellation entry which has the
> same amounts as the original one, but reversed signs.

This is not a problem for US small businesses: the details of our
accounting are not regulated.

A few years back when I was working a bit on Gnucash I proposed replacing
Gnucashe's "splits" with a system which would have done this.
-- 
John Hasler 
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin