[olug] DataFlex

[Andrew Embury]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:09 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have a client who has a rather old app someone wrote for them that
> handles all their payroll. The client said it is a 20-year old app,
> but I think it has had a few updates along the way, though it still
> appears to be DOS based.
>
> They want to upgrade to a newer accounting software package, but a
> vendor wanted to charge them $350 per hour for support, and just as
> much per hour to write them something new.
>
> I'm not familiar with DataFlex at all, but looking at their web site,
> you can get a personal license for DataFlex for Linux for free. Is
> anyone here familiar with it? Looking at the site, it just looks like
> a development framework. If I downloaded the development tools, would
> I be able to access the data and export it to a more common format
> (even tab deliminated) to try and import to another app?
>
> And can anyone suggest perhaps an open source bookeeping/accounting
> app suitable for a small business that I might be able to get the data
> into?
>
> -- T. J. Brumfield
> "I'm questioning my education
> Rewind and what does it show?
> Could be, the truth it becomes you
> I'm a seed, wondering why it grows"
> -- Pearl Jam, Education
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