the corner office

Interesting article, at allAfrica.com, about the local accounting package TurboCASH going open-source and global:

In the eight months since TurboCASH moved into the open source licensing model, over 12 000 new users have registered. Registrations have come from over 60 different countries. Translations are under way in more than nine languages.

Whodathought.

Having built my own accounting system (and being rather proud of how I did it), I'm keen to take a look at TurboCASH, and see what it's like under the hood.

Coincidentally, it's the only shrinkwrap accounting package I've ever really worked with: back in 1991, as a student, I did some part-time bookkeeping for a small TV production company, and I got to play with and set up TurboCASH. DOS-based and butt-ugly. I'm sure it's come a long way since then :-)