[ Thanks to James
Maguire for this link. ]
“Whether you just want to balance your checkbook or you
need to track the finances of a large global corporation, you can
find open source software to do the job. For our list of open
source financial tools, we cast a wide net and included
applications related to enterprise resource management,
point-of-sale and even employee time tracking. Not to mention
traditional accounting and financial management tools.“One trend worth noting — a huge number of the open source
tools on this list, particularly the business applications, are now
available on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) basis. For businesses,
this model seems to make sense, as it gives them access to support
and reduces the need for in-house staff to deploy and monitor
applications. It also enables a more mobile workforce and keeps
costs low. And of course, this model is also great for open source
vendors as it gives them another way to monetize their open source
projects.”