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Not sure the rebrand is what will attract new customers to OpenERP. A couple months ago, I evaluated ERPs for our business. OpenERP was one of the main contend
by kepano 12y ago
Not sure the rebrand is what will attract new customers to OpenERP.
A couple months ago, I evaluated ERPs for our business. OpenERP was one of the main contenders but ultimately the manufacturing module failed to meet our requirements and custom development would have been too costly.
I was also shocked to get a glimpse at OpenERP's internal corporate structure. Despite the open source nature of the project, their business model puts them on track to become yet another big, slow, expensive ERP company pushing massive service fees.
Unfortunately there's just no great solution in the ERP world. Requirements for this category are so complex that by the time a system becomes adequately feature rich, improvements in software technology make it feel obsolete. I wonder if someone will crack that nut.
- thematt 12y agoExactly. Every company's business process has it's own uniqueness, so if you try to evolve it into a mass-market tool (as opposed to designing for it up-front), you end up with a Frankenstein system that is enormous and complicated. Then your company starts morphing to match what you're selling. If some YC'ers want to make some serious cash, go build the JIRA of ERP. Make the system: pluggable, VERY configurable, give it a sexy UI and don't require an army of consultants to implement. Want some reasons? Pretty much all your potential customers hate their existing ERP system. Your competition is staffed by sleazy salespeople that sell nothing but snakeoil. Your market is filled with companies of all sizes who will literally throw cash at you to make them more efficient.