Yes, Primavera BSS, the largest Portuguese software house on management solutions and accounting  is having a nice spring this winter. Mostly for two reasons, one:

In 2009 the Portuguese Government changed the way taxes were filled and in order to comply primaverabbs this winter is like a spring for Primavera BBSwith the new accounting standards – PT:Sistema de Normalização Contabilística (SNC) -, all companies should have changed their accounting software. This means a new upgrade and for a few, new software, since some software houses are not around anymore.

With their 13.000 customers, Primavera BSS,  released a new version (7.55) of their premium ERP and everyone should upgrade their existent software. Well, if you don’t have an ongoing support contract, pay up buster! So, this is like the Y2K bug, but with a nice bump from the government, hein ?

Second; PT:Primavera Express, the freebie version is being used by the Spanish government to primavera express this winter is like a spring for Primavera BBShelp unemployed people, by training them in management and accounting. The Spanish program is called PT:”Géstion Operativa Financiera (GOF)” and the software is being used for social purposes, supported by “Cáritas Espanha“. So far the Express version has been downloaded 100 thousand times from the portuguese and spanish portal.

This is a good project, sure, but Primavera software it’s like a sugar addiction, it smells good and it tastes even better, but since you’ve eaten it, there’s no return. The software is that good for accounting, but it’s closed, proprietary and like I said, it’s an addiction. Probably when those unemployed return to the job market, they’ll choose Primavera’s software instead of any other available.