Homeopathy takes the body as a whole instead of independently working parts (hearts, lungs, brain etc.). You cannot prescribe correct homeopathy medicine for headache, for example, without taking into account all the mental and physical symptoms.
Though I am not going to start another controversial thread (about homeopathy), I just wonder why the mainstream medical science does not looks at human malfunctioning as a whole system. In other words why there are so many organ/tissues/functions specialists?
May be (with main stream medical science) we are on wrong path and have made things so complicated that it has impossible to consider the whole human body in one shot in any particular disease. Though we fully know that analyzing/treating the parts in a complex system won't take us too far.
I love RT. Real solid product with great hackers behind it. And you did not mention that it is open source and takes hardly 1-2 hours if you know your way through CPAN and Apache.
The latest 3.8 is not that bad with new theme.
I can even do a free install/setup for any non-profit.
I am not sure what response you get here because accounting is traditionally a non-hacker domain. In my own research, there is a huge need of a service like yours for the particular segment you are aiming for.
I have been offering SQL-Ledger (and its fork LedgerSMB; both open source) hosting, training, support, customization for many years. (See my info)
Though both packages are targeted to small to medium sized business, the biggest problem I find with new users is they always find it difficult to learn. This is mostly because of a large number of features even for smbs (and also because accounting software does require you have a basic understanding of accounting) And no one has time to read the fine manual.
I have been experimenting for the last few months by removing/rearranging menus, adding context sensitive help/tips, making it more user-friendly but still not satisfied with the results.
So yes I also want to target exact same segment (bare basics accounting system for freelancers, micro-isvs, and small businesses) but I need to do a lot of work/testing before doing that.
"The answers are longevity, maturity, and a rich ecosystem of development tools and modules that developers can leverage for almost any programming task. Consider the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). CPAN is an enormous collection of software and documentation, largely unmatched outside of the Perl community. Yes, other languages have similar repositories patterned after CPAN -- but thus far none have matched CPAN for its size and scope. CPAN continues to grow at a rapid clip."
I don't think anyone has a generic formula for success yet (other wise we would be busy working on it and everyone would be a success story). And in my experience other's people success formula is not going to help me much even if I copy it bit by bit, unless it tune it to my personality/environment/limitations/resources etc.
So I just read these articles (or watch interviews) in the hope of just getting new insights and not looking for a sure way to make millions.
I was expecting "Answerly" similar to stackexchange but from a cursory look, it just seems a search engine. I think some integration of stackexchange like features might be useful.
I don't know what other value addition (identifying slow queries, scaling, replication etc.) you will be doing but setting up and maintaining a MySQL db is one of the easiest thing for me, a developer. And developers are your clients.
To me it seems that we are just creating more powerful strains of various bacteria with our use of anti-biotics.
May be it is time we need to look at alternate ways to enhance our immunity so that we are not that much susceptible to bacterial (or virus) infection.
May be alternative medicine or Michael Pollan way of eating.
Taxes in sql-ledger are configurable. You can add taxes with %ages etc. A large number of people are using it in Europe.
SQL-Ledger has really helpful user community behind it. I would suggest you to join the mailing list (http://bit.ly/bsCbV5) and ask your questions about your concerns there. There must be someone with Danish experience.
When I started my small business many many years ago, I kept records/folders like a big company, maintained books like a big company. This was what I had read in books on how to run a business.
Couple of years later, I read a book on simplicity/time management. This changed everything. I slapped on my face and got rid of almost all useless formalities of running my business.
Even though I support SQL-Ledger (open source) as part of my business, my own use of accounting software limited to bare essentials.
Though I am not going to start another controversial thread (about homeopathy), I just wonder why the mainstream medical science does not looks at human malfunctioning as a whole system. In other words why there are so many organ/tissues/functions specialists?
May be (with main stream medical science) we are on wrong path and have made things so complicated that it has impossible to consider the whole human body in one shot in any particular disease. Though we fully know that analyzing/treating the parts in a complex system won't take us too far.