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Accounting |
Burgess COMMENTARY |
Dated accounting systems I'm sure some of you working on in-house accounting teams have to deal with older technology. Maybe you're still using Excel 2003. Maybe Windows 95 is your operating system. Maybe your entire office is still working on first generation Macs. If any version of this technology nightmare is true for you, I sympathize with your situation. But just remember -- it could be worse: Bill Green was mayor when Philadelphia first purchased FAMIS accounting software in 1981. Apple's Macintosh computer was yet to be designed. Microsoft Windows was still four years away. Thirty-five years later — the equivalent of a geologic era in computing — the Mac is part of history and Windows is in its 10th iteration. Philadelphia still relies on FAMIS: Financial Accounting and Management Information System, to manage the city $4 billion annual expenditures and revenues. Because FAMIS integrates with nothing, the city of Philadelphia still relies on Excel for its 2,300-page budget. I can't help but wonder if doing the budget on paper ledgers might be more efficient. Anyway, the reason that FAMIS hasn't been replaced, you might've guessed, is 'it is cheap to operate.' |
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