SOFTWARE FIRM Microsoft reckons that if you're one of the 20 million US small firms still using pen, paper and "Excel" spreadsheet you should get real and dowload its Office Accountancy Express 2007 software.
It's offering Office Accounting Express 2007 for nothing but the catch is there's seven third party integrated premium online services.
And according to Microsoft, "together" the software and services will let your business sell products online, send invoices and get money electronically, run payroll and credit reports and work with their accountant. Right.
There's details on Microsoft's Ideawins site, which you can find
here (
http://www.ideawins.com/ ), and which assaults you with a wall of sound when you get there.
This
page shows what's missing from the free version.
http://www.ideawins.com/faq.html