[Kmymoney-devel] KMyMoney SPECIAL Video Review

[Jack]

On 2013.03.11 02:30, Jake Carter wrote:
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Thanks for the review.  However, I do have a few comments.

First, if I go to your site, and search on "money" KMyMoney is not  
anywhere in the resulting list.   I have to explicitly search on  
kmymoney.  It is also not even on the list of "personal finance"  
applications.

Second, there is an existing port of KMyMoney for the Mac, so you might  
include it there also, although the install is obviously different.   
(There are other folks on this list who have more info about Mac setup  
than I do.)

Third (just a future) there is someone working on an Android port,  
although it is only in alpha state, as far as I remember hearing.

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>  The application's installation file for Windows is close to 50MB in  
> size. Run this file once the download completes and you will be  
> presented with a setup wizard that will guide you through the  
> installation process. When you’re done and you launch KMyMoney for  
> the first time, you will be presented with a “Welcome to  
> KMyMoney!†prompt that will guide you through the initial program  
> setup. You will get to enter some personal data, select a currency,  
> select accounts, and set some program preferences.

It would probably be worth mentioning here that KMyMoney is part of the  
KDE software collection, so the minimal Windows install does include  
some other underlying parts of KDE.  KDE is primarily a Linux based  
platform, but (perhaps with some limitations) it is also available for  
Windows and Mac.  This provides not only a much larger user base (good  
for support) but access to a set of applications that work well  
together for a variety of desktop functionality.  Yes, there is a  
standalone KMyMoney Windows installer, but you can use the KDE for  
Windows installer and pick and choose from a wider variety of apps.   
(http://windows.kde.org)

Also - KMyMoney is not "freeware."  If you are going to be posting  
software reviews, you really should understand the difference between  
"shareware," "freeware," and FOSS (free and open source software) which  
is "free" as in "free speech" more than as in "free beer."  For FOSS  
software, not only do you not pay for a license, but you can also get a  
copy of the source code, so you can see exactly what the software is  
doing, or modify it for yourself, if you are so inclined.  Your review  
mentions the GPL, which is actually the License.  (See  
http://www.fsf.org or Google for more information on FOSS.)

In any case, thanks for a good review.  I'll leave it up to the  
developers to decide on linking to your site/review.

Jack