Re: GnuCash page on GO site

On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 23:37 -0600, Linas Vepstas wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:39:15AM +0000, Charles Goodwin was heard to remark:
> > I'm sure they wouldn't be against any help or feedback.
> 
> I've been speaking to the gnomedb folks on and off for many years now.
> We don't get much accomplished.
> 
hmm, I remember talking a few times with you, but don't remember what
were the disagreements, if any?

> > Also, it is well maintained as part of the gnome-db project.  By your
> > own admission, qof is no where near as active.  Sometimes, especially
> 
> Sorry, I meant to say dui/dwi, not qof.  qof is a spin-off of some
> of the core gnucash components, mostly because I wanted to use
> them in another project.  
> 
> http://dwi.sourceforge.net is the object framework I'm planning
> on using for the future gnucash core engine.
> 
what are the advantages of this over libgda?

> Not to sink into bogus methaphor, but ... libgda is a bicycle 
> and what I'm trying to build with a qof/dwi/gnucash smashup is 
> an atom smasher.   Its a fundamentally different set of technologies
> with different goals and different means.
> 
could you ellaborate more please?

cheers