Hi Monica,
I was one of the founders of Adempiere - but have been a long time fan of
OfBiz and would lean towards it over Adempiere in scenarios where the web
was involved (webstores etc) in a heartbeat.
Compiere/OpenBravo/Adempiere are all really just variants of Compiere and
while I think Adempiere is the most functionally complete of all those I do
believe that OfBiz's data model is, in my opinion, much superior to that
inherited from Compiere. Though its model is much more complex. If I had
to give a one line statement on the matter I would say the Compiere
approach was make it simple, but make it easy to extend. While OfBiz built
the most complex model that can address any scenario and you can remove (or
hide more likely) any complexity you do NOT need.
Openbravo's POS is actually based on a completely separate projected called
TinaPOS. It's very nice application and while built on the same technology
(JEE) there is virtually no similarities when you look at the internals.
TinaPOS is the better design though in my opinion.
Some have integrated TinaPOS with Adempiere too. I actually did a couple
of project with the two once - it was a number of years ago and we did hit
locking problems with multiple tills in the restaurant type configuration
that it does allow for.
Compiere/Adempiere also have POS functionality that is part of the core ERP
and Adempiere's version has been considerably enhanced. But both are just
providing a new POS orientated UI to allow you to create a POS type orders
in the core ERP. To use the POS you would still install the entire
Compiere/Adempiere client. This are not stand alone ... if the ERP or
network connection to it falls you lose your tills [if I understood the
OfBiz model correctly] this is not the case with it.
I only ever reviewed the OfBiz POS but to me it was functionality much more
what I expected from a POS - TinaPOS fits that description too. But the
functionality that makes OfBiz stand out from all the others is its
distributed nature - - the sync abilities Jacques provides links for
previously. This to me makes it a far superior product ... if you require
that.
If the POS is a minor component of a larger ERP solution then you might
consider other aspects between the two [Adempiere & OfBiz] - I don't want
to start that discussion here.
Colin
On 29 January 2014 09:18, Jacques Le Roux <
[hidden email]>wrote:
> Monica, for a reason your last posts on Nabble did not reach the OFBiz
> user ML.
> You might subscribe to avoid this side effect
>
http://ofbiz.apache.org/mailing-lists.html>
> About your questions I read on Nabble (I'm not monitoring Nabble directly,
> only through the OFBiz user ML), here are my answers:
>
> >I am new to Ofbiz. Want to use this. Need help to start with Ofbiz. Want
> to know how much reliable is Ofbiz and its POS. I found lots of help here
> but nothing quit clear.
>
> OFBiz is quite reliable since 2004 (the project began in 2001) and used by
> hundreds if not thousands projects in the world.
> The POS component is also reliable when used as standalone till or locally
> in a store with multiple tills
> Its use is straigthforward, apart for the local devices to connect
> (printers, etc.) where you have to understand how JavaPOS works.
> If you want to use it in a physical stores network connected by Internet
> to a Master Central Server then things are a bit more complicated and
> described at
>
>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Sync+Setup+Notes+and+Example>
> >How is ofbiz as compare to Adempiere or Idempiere or Openbravo.
> I think you should better rely on comparisons done by thirds, you can look
> for them on Internet
>
> >ok guys at least tell which is a best Database to use Ofbiz
> I recommend Postgres for production, for development you can use the Derby
> embedded DB
>
> HTH
>
> Jacques
>
> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 7:06 AM,
[hidden email] wrote
> > Thanks for your time, well my question is very clear
>
Locked
