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mra@searchtech.com (Michael Almond) writes:

>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.

I once had the same thought. I have two ideas which I would like to
see used in a spreadsheet. The one is formula-compilation, the other is
using a dependency graph to determine cells needing recalculation.

>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.

I would be great. I know at least one who badly needs a system like
that. Using a general DBMS is a must, but I know only little of
Postgres. It's my impression that it is BIG.

One note that I would like to make is that accounting seems to be very
country-specific (perhaps even state-specific).
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