Re: [ossig] Re: [myoss] Open Source ERP: Compiere

["Raja Iskandar Shah" <ris.riscniaga@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

why use compiere ? only if you hate your accountant... has your
accountant seen the data entry screens ?

why use mysql ? only if you don't care about acid compliance.

i've looked at sql-ledger also but the accounting is on a batch-posting
mode... handy if you are handling more than 1,000 transactions a day.
otherwise, real time online data is more fun. this is where acid
compliance becomes critical.

you can also try quasar for accounting which is open source. runs on
linux/windows client and linux database server (best to use firebird as
there are bugs with postgresql). setting it up for the office on a
ubuntu box.

sql-acct, a malaysian proprietary software, is nice and should fit
malaysian business very well. windows client and windows/linux database
server (running firebird or later upgrade to oracle). get a free
download at http://www.sql.com.my/download/ good for 1000 transactions .
while you are there browse the product screenshots, which answers the
question of why there is no comparable open source accounting software
solution yet.

currently, i am using peachtree accounting which runs only on windows,
requires ie 6.0 at least, uses an old btrieve db engine, very slow when
running over norton/symantec anti-virus.. but very efficient when it
comes to accounting.




Raja Iskandar Shah
http://riscniaga.netfirms.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2005 1:05 pm
Subject: [ossig] Re: [myoss] Open Source ERP: Compiere

> On 18/02/2005 14:58 Jimmy Tan said the following:
> > Has anyone used this ERP software before? 
> (URL:http://www.compiere.org/)> Strange thing is the installation 
> guide begins with database
> > installation for Oracle 10g RDBMS. What the heck??? Why can't we use
> > MySQL?
> 
> from what i understand, compiere is very, very powerful as an ERP 
> system. 
> it however only currently works with Oracle and is very complex to 
> set up. 
> iirc (and i may be wrong on this), the manuals to compiere are 
> sold at 
> US$5,000.
> 
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