Re: [Zope-dev] the birth of ZCommerce
Until there is an open-source accounting package, this should not be the only option. It should be a option. I do not want to have to depend on a proprietary accounting program to store my products in, even if does run on Unix. Or perhpas the accounting package may not be designed for this kind of thing. So the design should be such that it also allows the inventory to be stored in ZODB3 or in an SQL database.
Realistically, 99.999999999% of business run on either proprietary systems that they created, or some form of COTS product. In many cases it can be a *substantial* investment. I know at least 2 companies who have deployed ERP solutions from SAP that have total deployment costs in the $10-20M range. And these are not that unusual. What I would recommend is to take a very "pluggable" approach. Create methods which access data (inventory, etc), and simply allow people to over-ride those as necessary to integrate. As for serious accounting data, this is a good use for XML. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli Python Powered Digital Creations, Inc. | petrilli@digicool.com http://www.digicool.com
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Christopher Petrilli wrote:
Realistically, 99.999999999% of business run on either proprietary systems that they created, or some form of COTS product. In many cases it can be a *substantial* investment. I know at least 2 companies who have deployed ERP solutions from SAP that have total deployment costs in the $10-20M range. And these are not that unusual.
What I would recommend is to take a very "pluggable" approach. Create methods which access data (inventory, etc), and simply allow people to over-ride those as necessary to integrate. As for serious accounting data, this is a good use for XML.
I'll be out of town this week but when I get back I'll attempt to post an API spec for this kind of thing. I already have some of it done. It calls for a series of base objects, etc... One thing I definatly need to do is digest ZClasses and how they can play with the system. --------------------------------------------------- - Scott Robertson Phone: 714.972.2299 - - CodeIt Computing Fax: 714.972.2399 - - http://codeit.com - ---------------------------------------------------
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