Interview with

Bruce

President and Chief Operating Officer

Exact Software North America
By J. Carlton Collins, CPA

Candid Observation

Best-Kept Secret

Specific Product Comments

Complaints

Conclusion

Respectfully,

Footnotes

(1) Cherry Williamson is President of Emerald Technology Consulting, 1235 Old Alpharetta Road, Suite 130, Alpharetta, GA 30005, 770.343.8846, F.770.772.6583 cwilliamson@emeraldtc.com

(2) David Kennedy is the President of Pactus Suite 400, 1950 Spectrum Circle , Marietta, GA 30067, (770) 857-2275, FAX: (770) 988-8300 davidkennedy@pactus.com

(3) Dan McGuckin is President of DSD Business Systems, 7050 Friars Rd., Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92108, Tel 619.683.9900, Fax: 619.683.9975 danm@dsdinc.com.

(4) Corporate Headquarters, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 200 East Basse Road, San Antonio, Texas 78209, 210 822 2828 http://www.clearchannel.com/main.html

(5) Kevin Karle is Kevin Karle, Product Specialist Supervisor, Best Software, 410 Bennett Circle, Chalfont , PA 18914, 215-997-8570, kevin.karle@bestsoftware.com. In my opinion, Kevin is very talented demonstrator of accounting software. (Hey, I’ve done more than a 1,000 live demos myself, therefore I deem myself qualified to render such an opinion.)

(6) My wife gave me a very hard time for comparing my job as a laborer to David’s job of running a $400 million company. She makes a good point, doesn’t she?

(7) Taylor Macdonald is Senior VP of Business Partners for Best Software US Operations, 800.854.3415 x2262, 404.365.9225, taylor.macdonald@bestsoftware.com

(8) Keiso-Weygandt, Intermediate Accounting, Fifth Edition, Page 4, first paragraph. (I did paraphrase this section, here are exact quotes so that you can decide for yourself whether I took too much liberty translating this text) "Financial Accounting is the process that culminates in the preparation of financial reports...Managerial Accounting is the process of ...communication of financial information used by management to plan, evaluate, and control..."