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It is not particularly surprising that given half a chance, talented small enterprises can develop top quality software that is equal to or better than offerings from the mainly money motivated dominant software giants.
The biggest fault with the MTD project is the unnecessary rush to get it working at all costs in some way or another, and the use of the 'gun at the head' method of making sure that we all comply. (It will still not work that way).
If the Government back-off with the mandatory approach and let this project evolve under its own momentum, giving everyone the chance to contribute, then it has a much greater chance of success.
The impression I have always had is that the haste to implement MTD was to specifically benefit the giants of software, but I am very pleased to see that the smaller developers are now getting a chance to show us what they can do, and I am I with them all the way.
Small, medium, large what difference does it make. This is ludicrous idea which the way is implemented is, in my opinion, heading for disaster.
I am getting out. I have had my fun since 1972 and now the time has come to say goodbye!!
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I have to say that the ever increasing momentum towards driving us to 'cloud solutions' leaves me witha bad feeling.
The burgeoning Privacy industry, eagerly exploited by Governments who see 'fines' as proxy taxes, will find easy pickings here.
We really have no idea what 'GDPR' compliance looks like, or will there ever be the possibility of certainty about 'GDPR Compliance'.
All we have is words in a contract - and whilst these words may be mitigation vis a vis Regulatory GDPR fines, they will have a different and probably lesser light to shine on the tort aspect.
For example, off you go to holiday in Kerula taking your Laptop in case of emergencies - and one happens. You access your clients data in the hotel. Voila - the cloud provider has enable the export of your client's data - a breach that potentially you and the cloud provider should auto-report and with consequences.
Its all very well to abrogate data storage responsibilities to a remote 'specialist', but in my opinion we need much more enlightenment about where which fingers will point before we dare fully embrace 'cloud' solutions.
It is true that the small suppliers have some great products out there, in many cases far superior to the offerings from the big beasts.
My worry is if (when?) they go bust how on earth do you get all the data you have put into their ecosystem back and how do you get it quickly into a new system.
Has anybody heard of or used Moneysoft It has a superb and easy to use book keeping package plus a payroll pack which can be down loaded directly Its down fall is that several years ago it stopped developing "final accounts" In my view this package was the best thing since sliced bread It is so easy to use. Come on MM you are missing a golden opportunity to nail the market
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