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I've been looking into writing some GNU software for applications such as
spreadsheets, accounting, G/L, etc.

I understand Oleo has been stalled due to patent problems.  Could we remove
these features causing the problem and continue with development.  Quattro
Pro would be a good source for ideas.

In order to write the accounting packages, it would be nice to build these
on top of some DB package, to allow users to continue extending them
themselves.  Is there any work on this?  Could we use Postgres as a starting
point?

All of these packages could eventually be integrated (G/L is just a
spreadsheet, accounts are just entries in a DB, etc).  I believe using a
general DBMS approach to the accounting software would save lots of time
and save me/us from writing tons of uninteresting code.

One of the biggest problems with this project is gathering the requirements
for what the users need.  I had thought of using existing PD packages and
commerical ones as a source of requirements for designing a new system.

Do accounting types read these netnews?  I'm personally not an expert on
accounting methods, but I did do accounting applications before I went off
to college.

I would appreciate any comments.
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