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Build Your Business With Open Source
PCM2 writes "InfoWorld this week is running a ten-page guide to building your business entirely with OSS. The guide highlights OSS alternatives for many enterprise applications categories such as CRM, ERP, content management, and so on. It's not exhaustive, but where it skips the obvious categories like databases and Web servers it includes some others that you might not expect."
I'll pay an extra buck for ease of use, thanks.
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It's all described in the free-to-read-online AI4U alternative textbook of open-source artificial intelligence.
Why ruin your business if you use Open Sores? Yuk! The business won't stay in business very long because no one will no how to install a simple program in Linux. Standard install Linux!!!!!! You hear me???? It should be one file to install the program!!!! No recompiling the the kernel or whatever to get that POS Linux to install something!
Linux sucks. It is an underground OS that is completely unstandardized. Linux geeks, get the fuck over yourselves.
I found this article to be funny as hell. In particular, I'm interested in point-of-sale systems. The ones they mention, well, quite honestly, they all suck when compared to proprietary solutions.
1. Web based... who in their right mind would use a web app for retail sales? I shouldn't even have to explain myself further on this one.
2. None of them integrate with established accounting packages such as Quickbooks or Peachtree.
3. Most of them use MySQL. My business and my paycheck and my employees paychecks will *not* rely on MySQL. 'nuff said.
4. The features are just sad. None offer integrated credit card processing, which is now considered a "basic" feature of point of sale. There are countless other features which no open source POS system offers that are too numerous to list.
5. Hardware support is poor.
6. Most of these packages don't have support (ie: a register goes down during rush hour... who do you call?)
In all honesty, I'm going to continue looking at open source packages, but right now, there's nothing even close to the stuff you can buy off the shelf. Hell, you can get QBPOS at Staples for $800, and it'll already run circles around even the most advanced open source version. Or, take a look at MS' RMS. That program (about $1200/register) makes these other programs look like "Hello World".
I don't respond to AC's.
I think you mean:
"Build Your Business With Open Source, Then Rile the Community"
By Darl McBride & Chris Sontag