Fiat Lux

Fiat Lux offers a workaround for using an unlicensed version of QB Desktop. I don’t mean to be rude but unless you’re talking about a popsicle stand, I can’t imagine integrating unlicensed and potentially unstable software at the core of my bookkeeping processes.

It’s only a matter of time before Intuit makes a move against Fiat Lux in that regard. These are the kinds of decisions that predict success or failure for businesses. Using unlicensed software is a bad decision for a lot more reasons than potential legal issues. Choosing cheaper short term patches over longer term solutions is a disease that rots businesses from the inside. There are already multitudes of external forces to deal with when running a business. Taping and gluing your internal business infrastructure together is always disastrous in the end.

Life is too short to spent time fixing problems of your own making. This is true in your personal and business life.

I can make use of simple bookkeeping options for a good long while before pulling the trigger on a QB replacement. I was running businesses back in the late 1970’s before computers and bookkeeping software were available to simplify the process. The techniques I’m using for now have been in use for thousands of years. I simply turbo-charge the old methods by way of computer data entry and spreadsheet software. I’m semi retired so my bookkeeping needs are simpler than they used to be. It’s more of a hassle for sure but it’s giving me time to wait for QB competitors to release more products.