apps choice for Ubuntu and installation choices [Was: cross-platform virus]

[Derek Broughton]

Jan Claeys wrote:

> Op za, 15-04-2006 te 18:43 +0200, schreef Alan McKinnon:
>> On Saturday 15 April 2006 18:14, Jan Claeys wrote:
>> > But GnuCash also allows you to edit things (e.g. invoices) after
>> > they have been "booked", which is plain illegal for accounting
>> > software you want to use over here.  (Accounting software has to be
>> > "approved" by the government.)
>> 
>> I can see how that would be problematic...
>> 
>> It's a silly rule though as it's essentially unenforceable. What's to
>> stop you - an clued up user - from opening up the back end database
>> and changing the entries anyway?
> 
> Maybe, but that would probably involve a lot of work to do it in a way
> that leaves no trails.  So it's not impossible, but most people won't be
> able to do it in a way that gives them more profit than costs.  ;-)
> 
That seems counter-intuitive to me.  Making "simple" changes to the
accounts - that aren't easily found - don't give you more profit than cost,
anyway.  If you're looking to defraud the government (and it's only the
government who's really concerned about your accounting practices when
you're the size of the companies we're talking about), then playing with
the back-end database would be _the_ place to do it.  I suspect that the
EU's concern is actually more to prevent accidental modification of
already-booked transactions.
-- 
derek