Re: Transaction reversal - I think

[Terry Porter <..hidden..>]

On Wed, 21 May 2008 15:06:25 +0100
beamends <..hidden..> wrote:

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> I've had a go with TinyERP from the Ubuntu distribution, but it's
> failing to talk to the database. However, the latest version (now
> officially OpenERP) needs Gusty or Hardy, so after an upgrade tonight
> from Feisty I'll give the latest version a go.

I was surprised how easily it went, just one of those times when everything just works I guess.

I expect that TinyERP/OpenERP will need a lot of user config and be quiet tedious.

> 
> Phreebooks looks pretty good now you've explained about adding things
> such as Locations, but I suspect the set up time may well be an issue -

It always is with any new ERP application, but PhreeBooks has a lot of EXCELLENT help in the program itself, and 'feels' very smooth.

> one for the future possibly...

I think it has a great future.

Oddly when working with WebERP, I feel as tho an accountant is looking over my shoulder, and saying 'no, not allowed! do this first ...'  It's strangely comforting :)


> though the idea of customising everything
> (using the mouse) has great appeal. 

The ability to add fields to the parts database easily, exists in both PhreeBooks and WebERP/EdgeERP. Adding fields via the application, and not the database is a layer of abstraction I welcome.

You need bin numbers, but as I only sell about 40 wifi parts, and most of then are in boxes, I don't need bin numbers. What I need is volume or package dimensions. Fortunately with the above apps, we can each easily add what we need.

At the moment, I'm seeing WebERP as hard to use, but controlled by a strict accountant standing behind me, watching my every move. Phreebooks as easy to use, and a friendly designer with good accounting knowledge in the next room. TinyERP as colorful, complex and interesting but only talks to me in French. When I ask it what should I do, it throws up its hands and says, in halting English "whatever you like!; why should I care, you silly Australian".


Terry

> 
> Cheers
> Richard
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 21 May 2008 05:43:26 -0400 (EDT)
> > Luke <..hidden..> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 20 May 2008, Ed W wrote:
> > > 
> > > > - TinyERP - ( http://tinyerp.org - seems to be moving the website to 
> > > > openerp something as I write this - appears partly broken, but I believe 
> > > > it's temporary).  I really like the look of the screenshots of tinyerp, 
> > > > but need to see how the accounting module stacks up.  Free with the 
> > > > option of commercial backup
> > > > 
> > > > Anyone tried either of the above?  Both are cross platform (important to 
> > > > me) and are affordable (for a business)
> > > 
> > > We started looking at TinyERP a while ago, before moving to LedgerSMB.  We 
> > > probably would have gone with it, but their support was unresponsive to 
> > > the one question we asked them (which was something to the effect of: do 
> > > you have a non-AJAX web interface?), and our testing did not reveal much 
> > > in the way of good functionality, although using something other than 
> > > their demo versions may have yielded better results.
> > > 
> > > I wanted to be impressed, but neither I nor the other IT guy here were.
> > > 
> > > So we went to LedgerSMB, but I am now finding that the bugs are really 
> > > starting to become highly annoying, so we may have to drop it if some bug 
> > > fix versions don't appear in the next month or two.  Growing pains, I 
> > > suppose, but I hate to admit that it has bugs which SQL-Ledger did not, in 
> > > areas where one would not expect many changes to have been made.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Luke
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