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Odoo: The new OpenERP

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Re: Odoo: The new OpenERP

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By the way, the core and base modules (and in theory, all community modules, since they're derived works) of Odoo are Free Software (APGL) and available on Github: https://github.com/odoo/odoo

Disclaimer: I work for a company that implements solutions based on Odoo for small and large companies. So yeah, it's possible to make a living working on FOSS, if anyone still doubted it :)

Re: Odoo: The new OpenERP

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I've considered working with OpenERP and looking at becoming a consultant in it (ERP is $$$ and very useful), but last I checked the OpenERP site (2? years ago?), the demo site was half broken. Glad to see it's gotten a refresh and a genuinely web 2.0 name. ;)

Apparently the devs have churned it into a SaaS offering, which is also very cool.

Re: Odoo: The new OpenERP

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OpenERP could've really benefited from some usability expertise, and if this site is any indication, Odoo may suffer the same fate. If you're going to put this much time/money into a new brand, how could you miss so badly?

In my experience with OpenERP, the end users always took a back seat to the developers. Granted, ERP software is inherently complicated, but with each new version you could tell they made an attempt at a simplified interface and never hit the mark.

Re: Odoo: The new OpenERP

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By the way, the core and base modules (and in theory, all community modules, since they're derived works) of Odoo are Free Software (APGL) and available on Github: https://github.com/odoo/odoo Disclaimer: I work for a company that implements solutions based on Odoo for small and large companies. So yeah, it's possible to make a living working on FOSS, if anyone still doubted it :)

they still use their custom-own-built orm ?

Re: Odoo: The new OpenERP

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What are the alternatives to OpenERP today ? (I mean, free and open sources ones, with acceptable UI)

Even the paid ones have horrible UIs. In fact i've never been lucky enough to see an MRP / MRP2 / ERP system with a usable UI :-(

Pointers to nice ones greatly appreciated since it's useful knowledge...

Re: Odoo: The new OpenERP

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post #4

I've considered working with OpenERP and looking at becoming a consultant in it (ERP is $$$ and very useful), but last I checked the OpenERP site (2? years ago?), the demo site was half broken. Glad to see it's gotten a refresh and a genuinely web 2.0 name. ;) Apparently the devs have churned it into a SaaS offering, which is also very cool.

I installed OpenERP some days ago, just to see what it had become. I found it nice. Even though I think you would still need to be really documented on how to use the different modules.

Re: Odoo: The new OpenERP

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OpenERP could've really benefited from some usability expertise, and if this site is any indication, Odoo may suffer the same fate. If you're going to put this much time/money into a new brand, how could you miss so badly? In my experience with OpenERP, the end users always took a back seat to the developers. Granted, ERP software is inherently complicated, but with each new version you could tell they made an attemp…

>if this site is any indication, Odoo may suffer the same fate.

If it weren't for the "formerly OpenERP" next to the new name, I wouldn't even know what the product was supposed to be. Looks like an app store of some sort for tablets.

Spare a sentence or two of explanation, please? Maybe delete one of those rows of giant icons if space is tight.

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