OFBiz is a bit of an anomaly in the Apache world where most of the
products are tools (all the Big Data stuff) or infrastructure
components (Cloudstack, HTTP, Tomcat)
where technical details are really important.
I think that the mixing in of the framework as part of the ERP adds a
bit to the confusion.
No one chooses OFBiz because of the framework even though it is key to
the end-user functionality.
If the framework is a product, it needs to be clearly separated from the
OFBiz ERP marketing information.
If it is not a product, it becomes a one or two point item in the
feature/benefit list with the emphasis on how it adds to the ERP.
Ron
On 17/05/2016 4:48 AM, Sharan-F wrote:
Hi Everyone
I'm still getting over the jetlag but here is a quick update of my Apachecon
experience last week.
I went as a TAC volunteer and volunteered to help out on the Apache booth. I
think we had around 18 people on TAC from various countries including India,
Brazil, Spain, Switzerland, China, Turkey, Egypt and various parts of the
US.
My main duty was talking to people about Apache and handing out Apache
branded caps, stickers and swiss army knives (yes swiss army knives!).
On the first day I saw a familiar name - Jinghai Shi, one of our OFBiz
Committers from China! He had come over for both Apache Big Data and
Apachecon and throughout the week we spent quite a bit of time chatting
about OFBiz!
Unfortunately we didn't come across anyone else from the OFBiz community,
and I think that could be related to the conference location as I know we
have had good Apachecon attendance figures in the past.
I did meet up with quite a few people including a team from NASA who are
using a lot of Apache projects from the big data side, and the conference
included a complete Geospatial Track.Big data seems to be a bit of a hot
topic so is getting quite a few more attendees. We captured the attendance
figures for the majority of the sessions and will pass them on to the
Apachecon team.
On Wednesday I participated in some Media Analyst training. This was mainly
focussed on understanding techniques and tools about how to market and
promote your project in the media. Our final test was to promote (or
'pitch') our project to Stephen O'Grady, Industry Analyst from Red Monk
(http://redmonk.com/) who was also one of the Apachecon keynote speakers. I
did a pitch for 'OFBiz' which went OK but he said that I needed to also
include some minimum technical details so that he could see where OFBiz sits
technically (and since I'm not too techie – I didnt know it!). Anyway this
is an action point that I need to work on so I need to find a simple
technical description of what OFBiz is...(so any feedback welcome....)
My Apachecon presentations were scheduled for the last day (Friday 13th). My
first talk on consensus attracted 15 people and my OFBiz talk on
configuration attracted 5 people.
I think that all the sessions from both conferences have audio recordings
and the keynotes also have video. There is some editing work going on at the
moment to get all the audio recording published and you will find them on
feathercast (see link below)
http://feathercast.apache.org/
I really enjoyed my Apachecon experience and would recommend it to anyone.
It will be time to start thinking about Apachecon EU soon.....
Thanks
Sharan
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