[ic] Compiere.

[Cameron G]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Sun" <js9s at lycos.com>
To: <interchange-users at icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: [ic] Compiere.


>
> Compiere is more of a financial/ERP type of package, targeting
distribution/logistics industries,  and the e-commerce module is not nearly
as flexible as IC for the retail industry.  There are some merit trying to
integrate IC to Compiere, just like integrating IC to Peachtree, quickbook,
etc.
>
> It should be possible to do the integration by  setting up batch update.
Compiere requires Oracle at present, but IC can dump out a file Oracle
SqlLoader can understant, just like IC can dump out the file Peachtress and
quickbook can understand.
>
> J.
>
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> --------- Original Message ---------
>
> DATE: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 11:07:22
> From: "Russell Mann" <tech at khouse.org>
> To: <interchange-users at icdevgroup.org>
> Cc:
>
> >> Has anyone looked at tying the ecommerce functionality of interchange
in
> >> with a business management package such as Compiere? It sounds like an
> >> interesting project to me...
> >
> >I've been watching Compiere for a while, as a possible alternative to IC
for
> >an in-house project.
> >
> >What would you see as a benefit of tying IC to Comp?  Compiere has an
> >eCommerce module already, what would be the benefit to them to integrate
IC?
> >
> >Possible drawbacks: Compiere is running on Java, wheras IC is Perl based,
> >which would make any tying difficult.  Compiere currently requires
Oracle.
> >
> >-Russell
> >
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This is basically my thoughts on the situation aswell, i'm currently in the
middle of an internal debate as to whether i should build a heap of new
functionality into the web store component of Compiere or to somehow tie the
two packages together. Each method has it's merit, i suppose... this seems
like the sort of thing SOAP was designed for. Compiere has little to no
support for it though, that i can see.