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What does this business desktop offer the SMEs?

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Sonal Desai
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MUMBAI, INDIA: Accounting inventory software firm, Kalculate has launched a Kalculate Business Desktop (KBD), a software suite, especially targeted at the SME industry.

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KBD provides a standards-based accounting, inventory, sales, purchase software application that comes bundled with OpenLX Linux operating System, Office & Internet Suite, graphics and multimedia tools, and Utilities.

The current data of SME would not have any problems, as all the office data (Doc, Xls, Ppt, etc) are fully compatible with the Libre-office bundled with KBD. The user-interface of Office suite, Mozilla & Chrome browsers being the same as other tools being currently used, there is NIL learning curve.

According to the company, OpenLX Linux is a fantastic tool that can make a big difference to the education, health and the employment segments in the country and needs to be adopted for exclusive use by the government, apart from people, as this can not only save around Rs 15,000 crore per year in direct licenses, but also build an able team of young engineers who can contribute back to the world in a positive way.

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In accounting, the user will soon be able to migrate their data from popular packages like Tally and continue without any break with the use of Kalculate, it claimed.

Available for Rs 9,999, Kalculate is currently available on Desktop (single-user and multi-user) versions.

We present below comparative pricing:

SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION

WINDOWS OPENLX LINUX
Operating System 12,500-00 0-00
Office Suite (Word-processor, Work-sheet, Presentation, Database), compatible to current data-formats 28,500-00 0-00
Internet Software (Browser, Messengers, E-mail, FTP, & everything needed to work on Net) 0-00 0-00
Multimedia players and editors (Video & Audio) Basic = 0

Advanced = Costly

0-00
Graphics Software (2D and 3D) Costly 0-00
Games, Utilities and a lot more, with more than 50,000 software applications available for free download for various purposes Costly 0-00
Programming tools Costly 0-00
Anti – Virus 1,000-00 NO NEED
TOTALS FOR BASIC DESKTOP SYSTEM : 42,000-00 0-00

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ACCOUNTING PACKAGE FOR BUSINESS USERS 18,000-00 9,999-00
TOTALS FOR BUSINESS DESKTOP SYSTEM : 60,000-00 9.999-00
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