[OFBiz] Users - Donations for Accountinng

[Si Chen]

If you'd like to make a donation, follow the link at the bottom of this 
page:
http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/accounting.php

There is no minimum amount of donation.  For $3,000 or more, we'll give 
you a license to start using it right away.  I will also track it for 
you so that if you make several donations over time, we can give you the 
access once the sum exceeds $3,000.

Thanks for your pint about the open source enterprise software.  This is 
exactly what we're working at.  It's an interesting point you make about 
reports: I've noticed that as well: companies typically ask about 
security and then reports.  I hope over time we can really address the  
need for reports in open source general and in OFBiz in particular.

Si

dkey at card-x.com wrote:

>I would like to donate monies to the accounting project but I have a few
>questions. Is there a minimum amount for donation? I know that the blog
>mentioned certain amounts but I can only contribute 100.00 U.S. at this
>time but will contribute more after (hopefully my last PHP project) pays
>off. Question two: where do I go to do this?
>
>I would also like to comment on something that Si Chen mentioned in the
>training videos available for free hosted by Contegix. In the first video
>Si Chen mentioned the astronomical cost of SAP products and proprietary
>solutions in general, I can definitely back him up on this one. I recently
>went to a company called Greybar to puchase supplies for an install, some
>of you may be familiar with this company, that aside, as I was being
>waited on I asked what type of POS / Invenventory system they used.  The
>sales rep replied (with contempt for the system) SAP! I enquired about
>many things relating to the system including the price. The price tag was
>a staggering 125 MILLION DOLLARS! for the 36 U.S. locations. I then asked
>him what was the deal maker which pushed them to buy SAP over any other
>solution and his answer was simply REPORTING FUNCTIONALITY and he went on
>about the many different reports available in real-time to the higher ups
>allowing them to adjust their business practices according to data
>retrieved by the system.
>
>The whole point of this e-mail?
>Si motioned that there are plenty of opportunities for open source
>enterprise applications like OfBiz I definitely believe that as well and
>apparently it seems a lot of money too and it also appears that the bean
>counters really love reports.
>
>Sorry for the mini novel but I thought it may be an interesting experience
>to share.
>
>Dale
>
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