the biggest difference is ofbiz is MRP or ERP application that also has a shopping cart, as an additional module. the Ecommerce module depends on the rest of ofbiz to operate. I am not familar with KonaKart . 1)it has its own embedded tomcat. I run both. there is documentation of this if you follow the documentation link on the front page. 2)there is a tech setup doc availble through the documentation link on the front page. 3)same as #2 4) you can create a new theme, when you in the documentation do a search on visual themes. 5) that depends on the CMS system you use. it take some customization. 6) though we attempt to do backward compatibility there is just some changes to have backward compatibility.
if you see ofbiz as only an Ecommerce solution, you will find it takes more work than any other ecommerce solution. If you looking for a high powered Automated Ecommerce solution that give you freedom of not having to process order manually and you have accounting as well then ofbiz is the solution. ========================= BJ Freeman http://bjfreeman.elance.com Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro> Michael Wechner sent the following on 5/6/2010 6:42 AM: > Hi > > I am currently evaluating Java-based Open Source eCommerce solutions, > whereas it seems that there is only OFBiz and KonaKart, whereas KonaKart > is not really Open Source (at least the core isn't) and since I very > much appreciate the ASF, I would like to embrace OFBiz. > > But in order to make a neutral/objective statement to my colleagues, I > wanted to ask how you see this comparison and if there > exists any pointers (I searched via Google, but didn't really find > anything useful) and if there are other alternatives? > > First of all I have to say that installation from SVN trunk was very > fine and I got OFBiz up and running very quickly (on Mac OS X Snow > Leopard), but then some questions popped up: > > 1) How do I generate a WAR file such that I can deploy it within my own > Tomcat? > > 2) Where can I configure to use my own DB (instead Apache Derby) and > what do I need to do > to populate the initial data (instead ant run-install)? > > 3) How can I change the Look/Feel of the Frontend? > > 4) How can I implement custom code, such as for example price reducing > depending on number of shopped items? > > 5) How can I integrate OFBiz with my content management system (e.g > display the shopping cart) inside the pages which are generated by the CMS? > > 6) What about Scalability and Performance (how many products, users, etc.)? > > 7) What about Backwards compatibility and upgradeability of OFBiz? > > I will keep continue searching for answers and will keep you posted on > my progress, but would > appreciate any feedback if you have any pointers at hand. > > Thanks > > Michael > > >
