NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/applicat/9662

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Subject: Re: Home budgeting program requested!
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From: [e-mail] (Tony Christie)
Date: 28 Dec 92 22:43:46 GMT+12
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[e-mail] (Lloyd Sumpter) writes:
> anything in the same league as Excel or Quattro. Also, don't expect to find
> "packages" for the Amiga programs (like you can for the MSDOS ones) that
> would set up your Home Finance stuff for you.

Not true. Phasar is actually an MS-DOS product that has been ported to the
Amiga (and Mac I think). It has to be one of the better home-budgeting tools
on a computer that I have seen, mainly because it is simple to use, and gives
me the info I want (or rather don't want).

[...personal opinion starts...]
Why anyone would want to use a spreadsheet to do home finances I can't fathom.
Don't get me wrong, I think spreadsheets are ok if there isn't anything that
does the job already, but they are a hell of a way to do anything complex.
Give me a "package" anyday. Its sort of like giving all computer users a
programming language with their machine and telling them to write their own
customised software, whereas most of them would much rather buy what they
want off the shelf (at the right price of course).
[...personal opinion ends...no flames intended or requested...]

--
 Tony Christie, Wanganui N.Z. // The person rowing normally doesn't have time
 [e-mail] \X/  to rock the boat.