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Should this blog cover OpenMFG?

Should this blog cover OpenMFG?That would be a BIG YES. It is your duty to cover related software, evenproprietary software. We want to see open source contrasted with "almost" open source, and even proprietary software. But, just be really clear that they do not comply with the requirements for "true"...

Tags: blog, open source, OpenMFG, OSI

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Should this blog cover OpenMFG?

Life is good these days at OpenMFG.The ERP software company, with products "powered by open source software such as Linux, PostgreSQL, and Qt," continues to expand its channel, its customer base, and its product's capabilities.One of those channel partners, Yellowdog of Canada no relation to the political consultancy has...

Tags: Applications, business models, Database Management, management, resellers, Strategy, wireless

Blog posts 2007-06-28

OpenMFG broadens open source benefits

A fully-supported ERP system for just $500 per month? That's right, said OpenMFG CEO Ned Lilly, calling from Norfolk, Virginia. (Your mileage will vary, and OpenMFG has a calculator on its site to help you with that.)Driving down the price of fully-supported software systems is an expected benefit from open...

Tags: OpenMFG, open source, Drupal

Blog posts 2006-07-14

Just a little bit OpenMFG

Back when publishers were defined as people who bought ink by the barrel, I was taught what is known as the inverse square law of journalism.A great big newspaper, with hundreds of pages, may cost a quarter. A magazine, smaller but still pretty big, may cost a few bucks. But...

Tags: OpenMFG, open source

Blog posts 2006-02-24

Additional Resources

PostBooks (exe)

PostBooks is a full-featured, fully-integrated accounting, ERP, and CRM system, based on the award winning OpenMFG ERP Suite. Being built with the open source PostgreSQL database and using the open source Qt framework for C++, it provides the ultimate in power and flexibility for a range of businesses and industries....

Tags: PostBooks, C/C++, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Open Source, Enterprise Software, Databases, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-02-04

PostgreSQL left out in database brouhaha

PostgreSQL left out in database brouhahaTalk about bias ntntThe reason PosgreSQL is left out...Dana, I think the reason that you'll see PosgreSQL left out of the database brouhaha is because the conversation this week is focused on the enterprise. While PostgreSQL may have great adoption for deployment within the...

Tags: Databases, PostgreSQL, Postgres, Ingres, database

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

The hot new trend in open source .com is .org

Here's an interesting trend.Over the last few weeks I've written several stories about open source vendors, all of whom have .com sites. And in each case, they own the .org version of their name.But they are not letting it go to waste.Instead they are using the .org to serve their...

Tags: open source, SourceForge

Blog posts 2006-07-14

Jitterbit goes open source

Jitterbit, which makes software tieing applications together, is going open source under the Mozilla public license, slightly modified to protect the trademark.Two versions are being offered, a free community edition and a $9,995/server/year for support professional edition. I asked CEO Sharam Sasson why he didn't just go GPL. "The driving...

Tags: open source, Jitterbit

Blog posts 2006-05-22

Jitterbit hoping to transform integration

Jitterbit wants to dance on the head of Tibco, webMethods, IBM, Microsoft and other enterprise integration product providers. The company introduced general availability of an open source integration solution suite today that doesn't require extensive programming. "Traditional enterprise vendors overcomplicate the integration issue," according to Sharam Sasson, president & CEO...

Tags: Jitterbit, Sharam Sasson

Blog posts 2006-05-21

Is open source the way back for U.S. manufacturing?

The assumption that the U.S. leads because of Intellectual Property, and thus that the developing world mainly benefits from open source, may need some re-evaluating.There are a growing number of areas where the U.S. is falling behind. Manufacturing, for one. And this week I took two interviews about how open...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2006-04-26

Start-up harvests customer code

Start-up harvests customer codethe say open-source alot, but it's not...OpenMFG, open-source, open-source business model,providing the source code to customers and partners,open-source project.But NOT an open-source project. The software is MADE with some open-source software.Customers can modify the software.I think all the open-source talk is misleading, and for marketing purposes only.actually.........

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OpenSource, open source, software

Discussion threads 2006-01-23