Thursday, May 18, 2006

MYOB and VOIP

Accounting software company MYOB is reselling Engine VOIP boxes. Apart from asking just what experience MYOB has as a reseller, I can't help but being irritated that they are neglecting their core business on silly diversions.

Our MYOB customers outnumber Quickbooks by five to one. So MYOB is the leader in Australian small business accounting software, however their product has basically not changed for nearly ten years. There's been a few add-ins bolted on, but someone familiar with the bugs and quirks of MYOB 7 would not be lost on MYOB 15.

I guess we should be happy MYOB sticks with a stable product. But there are quirks which should have been addressed years ago. A decent form editor and better integration into MS Office would be a nice start.

I can't help but thinking this deal with Engin is just another example of management seeking buzzwords rather than improving their core product.

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