On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 11:41:29AM -0800, Paul G. Allen wrote: > 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
1. I'm really encouraged to hear that. 2. On a more serious note (my post about the CIOs was tongue in cheek), I personally believe that the corporate-backed OSS approach would be perfect for ERP. Likewise basic banking SW, airline booking, etc. Anyplace where an industry could use a base package in common without giving or getting a particular competitive advantage. 3. As much as I was kidding, I was also not kidding. I truly believe that sublimated testosterone envy drives all too many corporate decisions, including strategic SW acquisition. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
