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Billing
Software, Free and Open this Time
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Billing is one important area of all small and big businesses.
Billing software market is crowded that choice of one becomes so
difficult for a start up business owner. The question is will billing
software survives the flood of software suits or packages offered by
small and big software developing companies.
It should. The problem open software community today faces is the lack
of skills or interest to learn the basics of programming and working of
programs.
People also seek comfort zones all the time. We all live in an age of
instant gratification and we are hardly programmed to wait or try hard
to get something. This is the general trend and they will go for easily
available packaged solutions, instead of trying to learn what it is
about the working behind the things they see.
Needless to say a billing cum accounting system will, to a great extent
take the load of learning accounting from your shoulders. With Free and
Open Source Software (FOSS) the modern mantra, it is quite
understandable if a few companies have taken the initiative to make
major inroads into the field of free open source billing software.
It is necessary for the user to have a basic coding and programming
knowledge to tweak the pieces of software to a workable suite. Then
again the attempts in that direction should be recognized.
When introducing an open-source billing software, it is sure to be met
with much skepticism and prejudices. No open source software is an
exception. The whole hearted attempts from skilful people keep the
trend alive. This project has been the hot favorite at SourceForge.net
for a few months now.
A recent addition to free software, specifically billing software is
JBilling, located at http://www.jbilling.com.
The open source software
works with all major operating systems and supports My SQL, Postgre SQL
and Hypersonic. It runs on JBOSS. It is thus a 100% free open source
billing system that supports recurring billing, automatic payment
processing using credit cards etc. It also handles web-based interface
directly with end customers.
There are also different advantages of this specific billing software.
Most of the processes are automated. Though it is not a new thing in
open source world, business persons appreciate automatic invoicing,
billing, payment processing, etc. What more? JBilling v 1.0.4 also
accepts online payment via credit card.
The software thus easily becomes an alternative to proprietary billing
systems.
To download and learn more about Free Open Source Billing
Software, visit http://www.jbilling.com.
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