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Exhibit 2 Financial Reporting Capabilities of Accounting Software

	Integrates With FRx	Integrates With Crystal Reports	Integrates With F9 from Synex Systems	Provides Built-In Ratio Reports	Provides Built-In Graphical Reports	Has Built-in Report Writer	Produces Hotlink Data to Spreadsheet	Supports Event-Triggered Reporting
For the low-end market
BusinessWorks for Windows 12.0	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
M.Y.O.B. Premier 1.0	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Peachtree Complete Accounting for Windows 6.0	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
QuickBooks Pro 6.0	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
For the middle market
ACCPAC for Windows Series 4.0	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Great Plains Dynamics 5.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MAS 90 for Windows 3.X	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Navision Financials	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Peachtree 2000 4.0	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Platinum for Windows 4.6	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
RealWorld Expertise.LAN 5.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
SBT Professional Series 5.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Solomon IV for Windows 2.8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Traverse 8.3	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Visual AccountMate 4.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
For the beginning ERP market
Acuity Applications 4.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Great Plains Dynamics C/S+ 5.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Platinum ERA 4.2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
RealWorld Expertise.SQL 5.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
SAP Accelerated Financials R/3	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
SBT Executive Series 3.10	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Solomon IV for BackOffice 4.0x	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No

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