H! All, Here is the formal announcement for upcoming LUG meet.
Date: Sunday, 20th July 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM Venue: Directi (Thanks to Gaurav Chaturvedi.) 330 Link-Way Estate, Link Road Malad (W) Above Greens hotel Directions on getting here :- Get off at Malad / Goregaon station, ask for "greens hotel" (it is very close to in orbit mall) Topics: Programming in Ruby. By Prashant Shah - Introduction - Basic programming in Ruby - Regular experssions - Arrays, Hashes, Ranges - Control structures - Statement modifiers - Iterators - Object Oriented Programing (classes, objects, inheritance) - Mixin, Procs, Blocks, Modules, Accessors, etc. - Exceptions ERP Solutions under GNU/Linux By Sameep 1. Introduction to ERP. : What is ERP and brief history of ERP. Origins and Present state. 2. Why ERP + Benefits of ERP : How an ERP implementation can help a business be more organized while improving customer satisfaction. 3. Availability of various ERP applications : Popular ERP packages available . Benefits of using OpenSource ERP packages. 4. Comparison of the most popular open source ERP options available : Comparison of Compiere , Adempiere, OpenBravo , TinyERP and webERP 5. Steps for implemetation of ERP packages - ERP package environment , Installation, Configuration, Usage . Side by side implementation of OpenBravo and webERP 6. Required Domain Knowledge for implementation : Basic requirements to implement ERP for an organization. Computer Skills plus basic Management knowledge, 7. How to choose a suitable ERP solution : Pre-requisites for finalising an ERP package. Associated Pitfalls. 8. Questions / Comments Anurag, please update the wiki with above info. TIA Looking forward to see you all! With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System -- Laurence J. Peter - "Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it." -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

