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<chapter id="introduction">
<chapterinfo>
  <date>2009-08-05</date>
  <releaseinfo>1.0</releaseinfo>
</chapterinfo>

<title>Introduction</title>

<sect1 id="what-is-kmymoney">
<title>What is &kappname;?</title>

<para>
  Put simply, &kappname; is a personal finance manager for &kde;.  It enables
  users of open source operating systems to keep careful track of their personal
  finances by providing a broad array of financial features and tools.
</para>

<para>
  The principal goals of the project are:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
    <formalpara><title>Feature Parity</title>
      <para>
        &kappname; intends to provide all important features found in the
        commercially-available personal finance managers.  Although this release
        is closer than ever to that goal, there is still work to be done.
      </para>
    </formalpara>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
    <formalpara><title>Ease of Use.</title>
      <para>
        &kappname; strives to be the easiest open source personal finance
        manager to use, especially for the non-technical user.
      </para>
    </formalpara>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
    <formalpara><title>Correctness.</title>
      <para>
        Based on tried and tested double entry accounting principles &kappname;
        ensures that your finances are kept in correct order.
      </para>
    </formalpara>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="what-kmymoney-is-not">
<title>What &kappname; is not</title>

<para>
  As a personal finance manager, &kappname; is not intended to scale to the
  needs of an average business.  However, it would be possible to create client
  / supplier / document features through plugins.
</para>

<para>
  &kappname; is not simply a clone of the commercially-available personal
  finance programs. Although many of the features present in &kappname; can be
  found in other similar applications, &kappname; strives to present an
  individual and unique view of your finances.
</para>

</sect1>
</chapter>
