Re: Need for PostgreSQL demand?

On 11/6/2007 3:28 AM Kevin Hunter wrote:

> - University-style ERP (Banner, PeopleSoft, ...)
> * AFAIK no Postgres based version exists
>
> - Web/distributed Financial applications
> * LedgerSMB is great, and we use it, but it needs a fair amount work
> as well

I'd be horribly remiss if I didn't mention our own PostBooks project, a fully open source cousin of the OpenMFG ERP Suite - http://sf.net/projects/postbooks. All the business logic is in pl/pgsql functions, triggers, and such, and it scales wonderfully on the back of the underlying Postgres database. The primary client is a GUI built with Qt, but there have been a number of other front-ends built, including web portals and wireless devices.

Not only does it have more big-time ERP functionality than any other open source project (see www.xtuple.com/comparison for some functional detail), but it even has a cool Postgres-inspired name! What more could you want in a Postgres killer app? ;-)

Cheers,
Ned

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