> From: David > Have a client who has been on Eclipse since > 2000. They are sick to death with the nickle and dime > (read eye gouge) tactics by Activant and want out. > > Do you think Open Bravo or any of the other Open > source ERP products could replace it. Obviously with a > lot of customization.
I'm hoping they consider migration to another MV-based platform rather than doing the multi-whammy : changing DBMS, application, vendors, and employees. There are many fine ERP packages based on MV. The company should check with Rocket Software, and since they're considering a full migration anyway I believe they should also talk with Northgate, InterSystems, and TigerLogic, who all have vendors with large-scale packages. If they don't find what they need, sure, consider going elsewhere. Yes, to answer the questions, FOSS ERP platforms have been getting more robust and are worthy of investigation. I don't have stats right now but not long ago something like 12 out of the top 20 SourceForge projects were ERP - not the typical stuff we see there like torrent client/server, Linux tools, or games. I've said for years that MV-based ERP vendors were going to lose their shirts to those other offerings if they didn't learn to adapt and compete. Well, here we are. Hint to MV application vendors: Open Source your software, sell support and development services, and market that model to the mainstream. That's what your modern competitors are doing. And really, isn't that sort of what you've been doing for decades anyway, just not advertising it? Then you just need to get the DBMS vendors to open their eyes and recognize that the per-seat licensing model has been dead for at least a decade... Tony Gravagno Nebula Research and Development TG@ remove.pleaseNebula-RnD.com _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
