>Not a mystery, no, but they are large, complex applications. It's taken me 6 months to write an app with about the amount functionality of _one_ module in Pro Series. I just can't imagine one person sitting down to write AP, AR, GL, IC, PO, PR, PO, SO, and all the other stuff that goes with it, from scratch, and getting it done in less than a few years.
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>Look at how long it's taking Red Wing to get their VFP version all done, and they're a large company with a staff of developers. There's a lot of packages out there, and none of them were just whipped up overnight.
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>So, yeah, I think it's kinda funny having a person announce they're going to write their own accounting software package as if it were no big deal. :)
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>Michelle
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i ABSOLUTELY 100% TOTAL AGREE!