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25 lines
866 B
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"_label": "Open Source"
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The source code is an Open Source software. It is open for anyone to understand, extend or improve. And it is free!
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Advantages of an Open Source software are:
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1. You can choose to change your service provider anytime.
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1. You can host the application anywhere, including your own server to gain complete ownership and privacy of the data.
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1. You can access a community to support you, incase you need help. You are not dependant on your service provider.
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1. You can benefit from using a product that is critiqued and used by a wide range of people, who have reported hundreds of issues and suggestions to make this product better, and this will always continue.
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### Alternatives
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There are many Open Source ERPs you can consider. Popular ones are:
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1. OpenERP
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1. OpenBravo
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1. Apache OfBiz
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1. xTuple
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1. Compiere (and forks) |