Lan Barnes wrote:
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 03:00:37AM -0800, Randall Shimizu wrote:
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.
Lan's prediction: OSS will never crack ERP. Nevernevernever.
To reply to this and several other posts:
Compiere (www.compiere.org) is used by Goodyear in Germany. It's OSS. It's Java. A version
works with MySQL. I have D/L it for evaluation, but have yet to have the time to complete
the installation. There are a few other much simpler, smaller projects as well.
A OSS ERP solution is one of the final pieces many companies (including mine - QUAKE) are
looking for in order to complete the transition from expensive, proprietary, non-portable
applications to lower-cost, OSS, portable applications for the enterprise.
I've found the hardest part of developing and/or implementing an ERP is the
database system.
PGA
--
Paul G. Allen
Owner, Sr. Engineer, BSIT/SE
Random Logic Consulting Services
www.randomlogic.com
--
[email protected]
http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
