Congratulations to the team at NetSuite, the ERP, CRM and e-commerce software company which went public recently. I just read a little bit about them and it appears that they are targeting companies with between 100 and 1000 employees, whereas Quickbooks targets 100 employees or less.
Where does PBooks fit in? Well the database should be scalable to support companies of that size, however since I have very little experience with the accounting systems of larger companies, basic things like the user interface might not make sense when you dramatically ramp up the number of accounts, transactions, and so on. Its interesting to think about - even at my small company, the number of transactions is fairly significant, and its pretty easy to get lost in the sea of data if you’re not paying attention.
I’ve just published the most recent version of PBooks, get it while its hot!
PBooks Download Page
There were numerous improvements to the overall stability of the program, but also a big improvement in how invoices are created and managed. Enjoy! As always, your feedback, comments, and questions are appreciated.
UPDATE November 1, 2007: Oops, I forgot to change the sitemap version number from 0.03 to 0.04. Not a big deal, just mentioning it so that I won’t forget to update it next time for version 0.05!
PBooks 0.03 has been released. This version includes some important additions to the PBooks software, including:
- Invoices
- Account groups
- Command-line admin
These are all new features and have not been tested extensively, and the command-line tool requires php5-readline and html2text debian packages.
Also, the account groups functionality is likely to improve in the near future, including a simpler interface and data model. I wanted to be as abstract as possible in the system design, and I’m very pleased with the result. However, its a little too abstract for daily bookkeeping purposes, so I’m going to hone its utility for accounting purposes.
PBooks is still in a rapid state of development and use on a production basis is still not recommended, yet we’re getting much more stable. The development and release process has also made some serious strides, and that will be incredibly helpful as we progress towards and maintain stable releases.
You can read about the development and release process by clicking here, and feel free to ask questions in the forums.
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