SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Business, Accounting, & Finances

Also see Personal Information Managment page.

General Subject:

• Linux Business Connection  (at Linux Journal)
• Linux Business Solutions Project  (at linas.org)
• Linux for Business  (suggestions and arguments for such use; with examples and links)
• LinuxB  "Linux for Business" (much the same as above, but different)
• linux-biz mailing list home page
• Linux Enterprise Computing
• Linux in Business  (at Linux Center)
• Linux Ports  Dedicated to for-profit users of Linux.
• WWW online store (e-commerce) SW
• Ask Slashdot: Linux for business in store demo
• Business SW development tools:
  • Also see the database page, esp. the "middleware" section.
  • Magic Software, Inc.  $ & demo; "offers highly productive, state-of-the-art development technology, customizable applications, and services for cost-effective solutions to real-world business problems."
• Medical Industry:
  • Ask Slashdot: Is there Medical Billing software Available?
• A company named "Apropos Retail Management Systems" is putting the Jay Jacobs clothing chain on Linux. I think they sell systems (HW+SW) and consulting; but not just software.

Applications:

• Other Lists:
  • Ask Slashdot: Unix Business Accounting Programs?
  • Freshmeat: Financial SW (TUI)
  • Freshmeat: Financial SW (GUI)
  • Finances, Linux, and Stuff...  (Christopher Browne's discussion and list of financial programs)
• Accounting, bookkeeping, etc:
  • Appgen  Full suite of business apps. GUI and text versions. Someone reports it looked good in demo on Open Linux 1.1. [LJ ads]
  • BANAL FTP dir  (bookkeeping, accounts, todo lists, etc.)
  • General Accounting System  "The aim of this project is to create a large scale, industrial strength multi-user accounting system for small to medium sized business, manufacturing companies, etc."
  • Linux-Kontor:
    • Linux-Kontor  Project for "business management software suite". [see LJ supp. Jan'99]
    • Linux-Kontor Installation HOWTO
  • M-TECH: Linux business applications
  • Mas90: Someone reported "State of the Art" (SOTA) has a version for SCO Unix that will run under Linux's SCO-binary compatibility mode well. No support from SOTA. Mas90 is FULL-featured business SW, IIRC.
  • OSAS - Open Systems Accounting Software: Mentioned on Usenet as running on Linux, but gave no URL.
  • Proven Business Accounting Software  Time Billing, Accounts Payable/Receivable, POS, Checkwriter, General Ledger.
  • QDDB Business Application  (sample applications of QDDB)
  • QuickBooks Pro version 5.0 runs under WINE like a charm, says someone.
  • Regulus  $; "ISP accounting package"
  • "Simple Business Accounting" and "Simple Business Invoicing & Inventory"  $ & demo; for small business.
  • SoftModeler/Business  $; "modeling tool for business software developers". UML & Java is involved.
  • SOLD II  $; Business accounting software.
• Credit Card and Smart Card software and systems:
  • CCVS: Credit Card Verification System  ($; by HKS, Inc.; more than CCV; supports Apple Web Objects)
  • CyberCash, Inc.  (Credit Card Verification System)
  • CyberFlex  From Schlumberger. With Linux SW dev. kit. $ (SW is cheap).
  • MUSCLE  "Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment" (smart card reader software)
  • OpenCCVS  "an inititive to create an open source creditcard verification system"
  • ibutton.com  Smart cards; run Java subset.
  • Ask Slashdot: Linux Vending Machines?  Yes, really.
• E-Commerce; On-line shopping; shopping cart:
  • Shopping Cart Software  A list of free and $ Sw.

  • Cart  Simple php3-based shopping cart SW.
  • Intershop Communications, Inc.  $; Intershop e-commerce SW.
  • Ivend  $ & free-for-some; Module for Roxen Web Server for e-commerce.
  • MiniVend  Perl-based shopping cart system with support for SSL. Could be used for an e-mall.
  • OpenCart  "an open source based online shopping cart system"
  • PHP.net  Has shopping-cart scripts.
  • Web Applications from Extropia.com 
  • WebShop ($ & demo; web shopping cart SW from iNetLab)
  • web_store  E-commerce SW.
• Help desk & call center SW:
  • Footprints  "Web-based help desk and problem management SW".
  • PlainSoft SSM (Support Service Management)  "100% Java client/server application for call centers"
  • Right Now Web  $; Server for customer-support info, eg. FAQs.
• Personal Finance programs:
  • Freemoney
  • The GnuCash Project  GNOME financial SW.
  • Investments:
    • RAPID  "RAPID Analysis Program for Investment Decisions"; "displays stock and commodity charts and provides tools for analysis"
    • Quotes  Monitors currency and stock values and more.
    • QuoteGrabber  $ (cheap) "stock market tracker and portfolio manager"
    • Ask Slashdot: Linux and Stocks
    • Tsinvest  "for the programmed trading of equities"; "Quantitative financial analysis of equities."
  • Moneydance  (written in Java)
  • xacc  "The goal of xacc it to provide an easy to use, yet powerful utility to help keep your finances in order." Or here.
• POS - Point-Of-Sale:
  • Proven Business Accounting Software  Time Billing, Accounts Payable/Receivable, POS, Checkwriter, General Ledger.
  • Point-Of-Sale software for Pizza shops  [see LJ supp. Jan'99]
  • LinuxPOS & LinuxRETAIL  $ GUI POS & inventory control software.
• Project Management; Scheduling:
  • Himel Enterprise Task Manager  "Sophisticated Industrial Job Scheduling and Workload Distribution"
  • SAP's R/3  Enterprise resource planning SW.
• Misc:
  • Net Perceptions  "develops, sells, and supports recommender system software based on the GroupLens technology"
  • OLAP - Online Analytical Processing  From Applix. Sounds useful.
  • Sqribe's "Enterprise Reporting System"

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