ERP software is one of the last vestiges of closed propietary software. Oracle and SAP's ERP app's are sealed shut. Until recently the SAP language could not communicate outside it's own environment. SAP's big claim is that they offer hosted App's. Oracle's ERP app's is even worse. Oracle wants you to let them do everything. In fact Larry Ellison's mantra is "don't touch that code". It's really ironic because Oracle's code is written in Java. Oracle's ERP app;s are not J2EE compliant so this makes it very difficult to plug in new components.
--- Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl Lowenstein wrote: > > On 11/26/05, Tracy R Reed > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I have been following a project called ERP5 > ((cpe-72-130-178-48.san.res.rr.com)) for a couple > >>of years now. It sounds pretty slick. It is a > framework for building an > >>ERP system. > > > > > > What, pray tell, is an ERP system? And < > > cpe-72-130-178-48.san.res.rr.com > isn't a very > good > > URL < http://www.erp5.org > is better but they > never get around to > > explaining their title acronym. Maybe it is too > arcane for ordinary > > people to understand. > > Whoah...I have no idea how that strange address > replaced what I had > originally put in there. I don't even know what that > is. Maybe a cut and > paste error and I somehow failed to notice. > > Anyhow...ERP is Enteprise Resource and Planning. > > It does company accounting, tracks resources, helps > with logistical > planning...rather than explaining it poorly myself > let me give you a > wikipedia link: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning > > Yes, it is rather arcane. Have you heard of > Peoplsoft? SAP? They do ERP > systems. > > -- > Tracy R Reed > http://copilotconsulting.com > 1-877-MY-COPILOT > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
