Michael Dolan Dot Com

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

QuickBooks is FINALLY available for Linux … errr… sort of… good news for sure.

URL: http://applications.linux.com/applications/07/06/13/2312239.shtml?tid=115

Yes, QuickBooks is available to now run for the first time ever on a Linux server. Enterprise edition only. Hey, it’s a start… looks like Intuit is going to be a market leader considering its primary competitors are on the sidelines (or in Redmond).

Thomson says Intuit’s studies show that 20% of QuickBooks users run Linux servers. And since he says there are 600,000 companies in the US with between 10 and 500 employees — the market segment targeted by QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions — that means there may be well over 100,000 potential QuickBooks users out there who will eagerly scarf up the program’s Linux version.

According to Thomson, neither Sage MAS 90 nor Great Plains — which is now owned by Microsoft and has been renamed Microsoft Dynamics GP — offer a Linux server option, and he regards these two programs as the primary competitors to QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions.

My new recommended SMB accounting solution is QuickBooks Enterprise on Linux :-)

Come on Adobe… you’re next ;-)