NewsForge: Quasar Accounting Finds Move to Open Source Adds Up | Linux Today

NewsForge: Quasar Accounting Finds Move to Open Source Adds Up

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 3, 2005

“Last month Linux Canada released Quasar Accounting 1.4 for
Linux under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Phil
Tonnellier, president of Linux Canada, says it’s too early to tell
if the move to open source is paying off, but response has been
good so far, with more than 6,000 downloads since the January 13
release.

“Linux Canada has been developing accounting software since
1994, and released Quasar 1.0 in May 2001. In 2002, Linux Canada
began offering a ‘base package’ of Quasar binaries free of charge
to end users on a single computer in an attempt to create interest,
with add-on modules available for a price…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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