On Thu 25 Apr 20 09:49, Gergely Kis wrote: > Hi, > > We are in the process of selecting the right ERP for our company. > We initially started evaluating OpenERP, but as I was getting to know > the project a little bit better, more and more problems came to my > attention, which I tried to summarize in an email: > https://lists.launchpad.net/openerp-community/msg02588.html > > Do you see any specific technical areas where either Tryton or OpenERP > is clearly ahead of the other?
Software quality is the single most important difference for us at Openlabs. The simplicity of the core modules and the KISS approach to design makes Tryton a far better choice than OpenERP if you plan to customize. We have seen that the development effort is lower with Tryton and we don't get surprises as we extend the standard modules. Another important difference for us is the ability to test the software. Tryton has the capability to be both unittested and proteus allows you to write higher level integration tests. This has made software mainteinance a breeze for our support customers. > > 2. Unfortunately Tryton has a much smaller community (at least an > order of magnitude smaller) than OpenERP. This of course shows in the > raw count of implemented modules / features. What are the trends in > the community? Do you see an increase in users / service companies? There is a steady increase in the number. Numerous requests come often from companies requesting to be listed on the page, but meritocracy being the factor to be listed there, the criteria falls back to making a significant contribution. However little the community is, it is an active and vibrant one which constantly > 5. Of course an alternative to using the official web client is > Nereid, which is something we still have to evaluate. Nereid is not an "alternative" to the web client. It extends tryton as a web framework and allows you to build web applications over Tryton. Commonly built application are: * eCommerce systems * Customer and Supplier portals * Employee self service portals * Project management systems etc Feel free to ask if you need any support in developing with nereid and we would be happy to help you > 7. I checked the websites of the companies listed on the tryton.org > services page, and it looks like most of you still provide services > for OpenERP as well. What is the reason for this? Are you only > supporting your existing OpenERP clients, or there are specific areas > where (even with its issues) OpenERP is still a better choice? Which > are these areas? Openlabs has customers on both OpenERP and Tryton. We are in the process of moving our customers to Tryton and we have happy customers who moved to Tryton. > Or have the 2 systems diverged too much to allow such direct code sharing? In my opinion, the systems have diverged too much to have direct code sharing, especially with the never versions. The only common link seems to be the inheritance pattern and the usage of python and xml. Welcome to the Tryton community. Thanks, -- Sharoon Thomas CEO & Chief Software Architect Openlabs Technologies & Consulting (P) Limited Ph: +1 813 793 6736 Extn. 200 t: @sharoonthomas
