Comments on: Open Source ERP Solutions To Consider http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/ Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Felix http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Felix Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:12:00 +0000 http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/#comment-64 Hi, thanks for your post, very interesting... You should consider to include in your list the www.openxpertya.org project, also listed in sourceforge, is a global solution for enterprise management ERP and CRM, B2B and B2C, with standard EDI support and OLAP reporting. Strongly oriented to the spanish and latin-american market, with support and adaptations to local laws and market ( fiscal, GAP, etc ). Also it has an important partner list and community around it. Best regards Hi,

thanks for your post, very interesting…

You should consider to include in your list the http://www.openxpertya.org project, also listed in sourceforge, is a global solution for enterprise management ERP and CRM, B2B and B2C, with standard EDI support and OLAP reporting. Strongly oriented to the spanish and latin-american market, with support and adaptations to local laws and market ( fiscal, GAP, etc ). Also it has an important partner list and community around it.

Best regards

]]> By: osserpguru http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/comment-page-1/#comment-62 osserpguru Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:35:40 +0000 http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/#comment-62 Hi Nicola, Great to have you here. I agree that the most important thing is that a projects' source code is publicly and freely available. As for where the code is hosted - for me, having the source code published on a popular site like Sourceforge or Google Code makes it easier to compare the different projects in terms of community activity. Where the code is hosted does not indicate how active the project is or how good the product is. I plan to look into TinyERP very soon. Hi Nicola,
Great to have you here.
I agree that the most important thing is that a projects’ source code is publicly and freely available.
As for where the code is hosted – for me, having the source code published on a popular site like Sourceforge or Google Code makes it easier to compare the different projects in terms of community activity. Where the code is hosted does not indicate how active the project is or how good the product is.
I plan to look into TinyERP very soon.

]]> By: Nicola Larosa http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Nicola Larosa Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:00:54 +0000 http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/#comment-61 TinyERP's Subversion repository is now public: http://tinyerp.com/subversion-access.html As far as the project being hosted on Sourceforge, or Google Code, or Berlios, or wherever, it's really irrelevant, as long as there is community involvement. In TinyERP case, there definitely is. Yogi Yang: a minor point. TinyERP needs the Python interpreter, which actually *is* a virtual machine. :-) TinyERP’s Subversion repository is now public:

http://tinyerp.com/subversion-access.html

As far as the project being hosted on Sourceforge, or Google Code, or Berlios, or wherever, it’s really irrelevant, as long as there is community involvement. In TinyERP case, there definitely is.

Yogi Yang: a minor point. TinyERP needs the Python interpreter, which actually *is* a virtual machine. :-)

]]> By: Yogi Yang http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Yogi Yang Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:58:33 +0000 http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/#comment-60 Your criteria of SF.NET is just absurd. What you are saying is that if it is not hosted on Source Forge is it not Open Source. I think you need to reconsider this. I think you should consider TinyERP as a powerful contender to all the ERPs that you have reviewed. Please review it. The installation is just a standard setup which will install PostgreSQL, TinyServer and TinyClient with a dummy company data with a few clicks. Tiny ERP is totally Open Source implemented in Python and a few C/C++ Libs (I think). It also has got web interface built around TurboGear. It runs on PostgreSQL. It requires very low resources on client machines as well as in server. We are running the server of TinyERP on a 1.7 GHz P IV with 512 MB RAM with 15 users. The user PCs are 1.7 GHz P IV with 256 MB RAM. It is not dependent on any VM like JAVA or .NET, etc. For other ERPs you will have to write a complete tutorial as to who to setup the beast but in case of TinyERP it is just a few clicks. Itn's that really great. They have hosted copies of their distribution versions on SF.NET but they are wealthy having development centers in 20+ countries (with around 20 to 60 developers in each center) so they are not interested in using limiting features of SF.NET hosting. Please dwell a bit deeper in this before you post the final reviews of all ERPs. It has 200+ modules and caters to a variety of business needs. It is implemented with the now famous (after release of .NET) concept of MVC/MVP. It is totally plug in based so one can write as many modules as required and just plug them into the server and viola every one in the whole enterprise will be able to use that plug in.... I can go on and on with regards to TinyERP. But I will end here. Regards, Yogi Yang Your criteria of SF.NET is just absurd. What you are saying is that if it is not hosted on Source Forge is it not Open Source. I think you need to reconsider this.

I think you should consider TinyERP as a powerful contender to all the ERPs that you have reviewed. Please review it. The installation is just a standard setup which will install PostgreSQL, TinyServer and TinyClient with a dummy company data with a few clicks.

Tiny ERP is totally Open Source implemented in Python and a few C/C++ Libs (I think). It also has got web interface built around TurboGear. It runs on PostgreSQL. It requires very low resources on client machines as well as in server. We are running the server of TinyERP on a 1.7 GHz P IV with 512 MB RAM with 15 users. The user PCs are 1.7 GHz P IV with 256 MB RAM.

It is not dependent on any VM like JAVA or .NET, etc.

For other ERPs you will have to write a complete tutorial as to who to setup the beast but in case of TinyERP it is just a few clicks. Itn’s that really great.

They have hosted copies of their distribution versions on SF.NET but they are wealthy having development centers in 20+ countries (with around 20 to 60 developers in each center) so they are not interested in using limiting features of SF.NET hosting.

Please dwell a bit deeper in this before you post the final reviews of all ERPs.

It has 200+ modules and caters to a variety of business needs. It is implemented with the now famous (after release of .NET) concept of MVC/MVP. It is totally plug in based so one can write as many modules as required and just plug them into the server and viola every one in the whole enterprise will be able to use that plug in….

I can go on and on with regards to TinyERP.

But I will end here.

Regards,

Yogi Yang

]]> By: osserpguru http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/comment-page-1/#comment-59 osserpguru Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:08:49 +0000 http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/#comment-59 Hi Ned, It's my pleasure to have the CEO of one of the world's most popular open source ERP solutions on my blog. I am hoping to develop open communication with the different projects' teams because nobody knows their software better than the development teams themselves. Regarding the issue of manufacturing in PostBooks - I will go into more details on each of the solutions available today and will provide comprehensive comparison of functionality in each functional area. It's obvious that, just like in commercial ERP solutions, different vendors focus on different areas - some will have powerful supply chain management functionality while others will be stronger in CRM related areas. I will do a PostBooks installation walkthrough, hopefully within the next week or so. Hi Ned,
It’s my pleasure to have the CEO of one of the world’s most popular open source ERP solutions on my blog. I am hoping to develop open communication with the different projects’ teams because nobody knows their software better than the development teams themselves.
Regarding the issue of manufacturing in PostBooks – I will go into more details on each of the solutions available today and will provide comprehensive comparison of functionality in each functional area. It’s obvious that, just like in commercial ERP solutions, different vendors focus on different areas – some will have powerful supply chain management functionality while others will be stronger in CRM related areas.
I will do a PostBooks installation walkthrough, hopefully within the next week or so.

]]> By: Ned Lilly http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Ned Lilly Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:41:42 +0000 http://opensourceerpguru.com/2008/01/11/open-source-erp-solution-to-consider/#comment-58 Hi, Just a quick note to clarify a few points on PostBooks. First, it's the exact same client code as OpenMFG. The only difference is in the PostgreSQL back-end: OpenMFG contains additional tables, functions, triggers, etc., to support higher-end manufacturing functions. But it is absolutely our intention to continue to develop the two solutions together, in parallel - as well as OpenRPT, our carve-off of the report designer and renderer that has its own project on SourceForge. So each product feeds and supports the other two. I hope you're planning on doing a PostBooks installation walkthrough writeup - happy to answer any questions you might have. Also have a look at the videos at www.xtuple.com/demo/video if you like - 20+ Flash clips of 5-10 minutes each highlighting different areas of functionality. Cheers, Ned Lilly CEO, xTuple Hi,

Just a quick note to clarify a few points on PostBooks. First, it’s the exact same client code as OpenMFG. The only difference is in the PostgreSQL back-end: OpenMFG contains additional tables, functions, triggers, etc., to support higher-end manufacturing functions.

But it is absolutely our intention to continue to develop the two solutions together, in parallel – as well as OpenRPT, our carve-off of the report designer and renderer that has its own project on SourceForge. So each product feeds and supports the other two.

I hope you’re planning on doing a PostBooks installation walkthrough writeup – happy to answer any questions you might have. Also have a look at the videos at http://www.xtuple.com/demo/video if you like – 20+ Flash clips of 5-10 minutes each highlighting different areas of functionality.

Cheers,
Ned Lilly
CEO, xTuple

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