Check me offline ,I will set you a demo.Why should you go for opensource?Other than PHP based Apps never bother with open.Communities die, members disperse and open new Community with some tricks, if JAVA,MSQL, all have bought by big fishes Oracles and if Google wasnt there JAVA would have been turned Propriety,Octopus Microfinance now its a closed system. Opensource projects have turned to be a free way to improve products to commercial qualities ,then they introduce commercial versions, then they stop somewhere. Go for product that you can use longer even if the vendor collapse. Nicholas Peter Mmasi From: Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Cc: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>, "skunkworks@my.co.ke" <skunkworks@my.co.ke> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:03:57 +0300 Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] POS solution There used to be openbravo POS, but it seems they might have gone not-opensource. Then there is that solution offered by Pergamon LTD which I hear costs several hundreds of thousands of shillings On 20 Jul 2013, at 11:36, mark maina <kramania2003@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunkers,
Am looking for a POS solution for a retail/wholesale shop which is non expensive.
Some of the specifications include: -Open source software -2D/3D barcode reader. -Ability to offer discounts -stock levels(inventory) -easy to learn and intergrate -ability to calculate gross profit on the fly.
For further specs. and further discussions contact me on my mail.
Thanks.
Mark
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Hi Nicholas, I find your analysis of open source software quite interesting, please clarify the following points: 1. Never bother with non-PHP based open source apps Why is this so? Why PHP? 2. Java and MySQL are owned by Oracle Why is the ownership of these two by Oracle such as bad thing for open source software? 3. Choose a product which one can continue using even after the vendor collapses When you are offering Easysale POS or Mayo School ERP to customers, do you include the source code so that they can continue using/improving/modifying it should your company collapse? I have zero experience in the field of making and selling software, thus my questions above may seem a bit obvious, so please, educate a brother :-) On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Kinpro Computers-All IT soutions < kinprocomputers@gmail.com> wrote:
Check me offline ,I will set you a demo.Why should you go for opensource?Other than PHP based Apps never bother with open.Communities die, members disperse and open new Community with some tricks, if JAVA,MSQL, all have bought by big fishes Oracles and if Google wasnt there JAVA would have been turned Propriety,Octopus Microfinance now its a closed system.
Opensource projects have turned to be a free way to improve products to commercial qualities ,then they introduce commercial versions, then they stop somewhere.
Go for product that you can use longer even if the vendor collapse.
Nicholas Peter Mmasi
From: Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Cc: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>, "skunkworks@my.co.ke" <skunkworks@my.co.ke> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:03:57 +0300 Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] POS solution There used to be openbravo POS, but it seems they might have gone not-opensource.
Then there is that solution offered by Pergamon LTD which I hear costs several hundreds of thousands of shillings
On 20 Jul 2013, at 11:36, mark maina <kramania2003@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunkers,
Am looking for a POS solution for a retail/wholesale shop which is non expensive.
Some of the specifications include: -Open source software -2D/3D barcode reader. -Ability to offer discounts -stock levels(inventory) -easy to learn and intergrate -ability to calculate gross profit on the fly.
For further specs. and further discussions contact me on my mail.
Thanks.
Mark
-- " The Paradox of Choice-Why More Is Less"
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