OFBiz features/functions overview in the wild

[Pierre Smits-3]

Hi all,

Recently I came across this Dutch website (
https://www.capterra.nl/software/164046/apache-ofbiz)  that states
functions about our product. I don’t know where this originated but I
presume somewhere data is is pulled/scraped from our official elements.

The most important thing I want to bring to the attention of this community
is that under the functions section (I am confident you can find similar
sites in your country/language that shows the same) it does NOT highlight
key features/functions like purchasing, order management, planning, project
and time management. This should be corrected asap.

Best regards,

Pierre Smits

*Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
*Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
*Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without privileges)
since 2008*
Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer

[Jacques Le Roux]

Hi Pierre,

Right, how can we fix that though?

Jacques

Le 09/01/2020 à 10:01, Pierre Smits a écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> Recently I came across this Dutch website (
> https://www.capterra.nl/software/164046/apache-ofbiz)  that states
> functions about our product. I don’t know where this originated but I
> presume somewhere data is is pulled/scraped from our official elements.
>
> The most important thing I want to bring to the attention of this community
> is that under the functions section (I am confident you can find similar
> sites in your country/language that shows the same) it does NOT highlight
> key features/functions like purchasing, order management, planning, project
> and time management. This should be corrected asap.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pierre Smits
>
> *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
> *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
> Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
> *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without privileges)
> since 2008*
> Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer

[Pierre Smits-3]

Hi Jacques,

There are (as far as I can tell) 3 possibilities where this is coming from:

   1. It is automagically scraped from our official documentation (by
   crawling through our pages on the site and wiki) and collated
   2. it is taken from what is in the definition on
   https://projects.apache.org
   3. it is a manual action to provide that information (when this Dutch
   site is different from others)

Regarding aspects 1 and 2 the solution would be to insert the applicable
and appropriate keywords in our artefacts, so that they get reflected in
such sites.

Digging a little into the website I found that it is US based and
affiliated with Gartner.

Best regards,

Pierre Smits

*Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
*Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
*Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without privileges)
since 2008*
Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer


On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:31 AM Jacques Le Roux <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Pierre,
>
> Right, how can we fix that though?
>
> Jacques
>
> Le 09/01/2020 à 10:01, Pierre Smits a écrit :
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Recently I came across this Dutch website (
> > https://www.capterra.nl/software/164046/apache-ofbiz)  that states
> > functions about our product. I don’t know where this originated but I
> > presume somewhere data is is pulled/scraped from our official elements.
> >
> > The most important thing I want to bring to the attention of this
> community
> > is that under the functions section (I am confident you can find similar
> > sites in your country/language that shows the same) it does NOT highlight
> > key features/functions like purchasing, order management, planning,
> project
> > and time management. This should be corrected asap.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Pierre Smits
> >
> > *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
> > *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
> > Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
> > *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without
> privileges)
> > since 2008*
> > Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer
>
>

[Michael Brohl-3]

This is the english version: https://www.capterra.com/p/164046/Apache-OFBiz/

There are similar websites providing such informations with very
different quality. In a few occasions where I tried to get the data
updated/corrected I learned that I would have to pay for it. Seems most
of them are targeted to commercial software vendors.

It would be interesting how it works on this website. If there isn't
anyone working on this I'll see if our team can clarify with the website
owner.

Best regards,

Michael Brohl

ecomify GmbH - www.ecomify.de


Am 09.01.20 um 10:45 schrieb Pierre Smits:

> Hi Jacques,
>
> There are (as far as I can tell) 3 possibilities where this is coming from:
>
>     1. It is automagically scraped from our official documentation (by
>     crawling through our pages on the site and wiki) and collated
>     2. it is taken from what is in the definition on
>     https://projects.apache.org
>     3. it is a manual action to provide that information (when this Dutch
>     site is different from others)
>
> Regarding aspects 1 and 2 the solution would be to insert the applicable
> and appropriate keywords in our artefacts, so that they get reflected in
> such sites.
>
> Digging a little into the website I found that it is US based and
> affiliated with Gartner.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pierre Smits
>
> *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
> *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
> Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
> *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without privileges)
> since 2008*
> Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:31 AM Jacques Le Roux <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Pierre,
>>
>> Right, how can we fix that though?
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> Le 09/01/2020 à 10:01, Pierre Smits a écrit :
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Recently I came across this Dutch website (
>>> https://www.capterra.nl/software/164046/apache-ofbiz)  that states
>>> functions about our product. I don’t know where this originated but I
>>> presume somewhere data is is pulled/scraped from our official elements.
>>>
>>> The most important thing I want to bring to the attention of this
>> community
>>> is that under the functions section (I am confident you can find similar
>>> sites in your country/language that shows the same) it does NOT highlight
>>> key features/functions like purchasing, order management, planning,
>> project
>>> and time management. This should be corrected asap.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Pierre Smits
>>>
>>> *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
>>> *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
>>> Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
>>> *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without
>> privileges)
>>> since 2008*
>>> Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer
>>

[Michael Brohl-3]

Just to keep you updated: we have contacted the site owner and got no
answer yet. We also contacted the German site owner.

We are waiting for a reply until end of the week and try again if there
is no answer.

Thanks,

Michael Brohl

ecomify GmbH - www.ecomify.de


Am 10.01.20 um 14:35 schrieb Michael Brohl:

> This is the english version:
> https://www.capterra.com/p/164046/Apache-OFBiz/
>
> There are similar websites providing such informations with very
> different quality. In a few occasions where I tried to get the data
> updated/corrected I learned that I would have to pay for it. Seems
> most of them are targeted to commercial software vendors.
>
> It would be interesting how it works on this website. If there isn't
> anyone working on this I'll see if our team can clarify with the
> website owner.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael Brohl
>
> ecomify GmbH - www.ecomify.de
>
>
> Am 09.01.20 um 10:45 schrieb Pierre Smits:
>> Hi Jacques,
>>
>> There are (as far as I can tell) 3 possibilities where this is coming
>> from:
>>
>>     1. It is automagically scraped from our official documentation (by
>>     crawling through our pages on the site and wiki) and collated
>>     2. it is taken from what is in the definition on
>>     https://projects.apache.org
>>     3. it is a manual action to provide that information (when this
>> Dutch
>>     site is different from others)
>>
>> Regarding aspects 1 and 2 the solution would be to insert the applicable
>> and appropriate keywords in our artefacts, so that they get reflected in
>> such sites.
>>
>> Digging a little into the website I found that it is US based and
>> affiliated with Gartner.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Pierre Smits
>>
>> *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
>> *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
>> Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
>> *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without
>> privileges)
>> since 2008*
>> Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:31 AM Jacques Le Roux <
>> [hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Pierre,
>>>
>>> Right, how can we fix that though?
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> Le 09/01/2020 à 10:01, Pierre Smits a écrit :
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Recently I came across this Dutch website (
>>>> https://www.capterra.nl/software/164046/apache-ofbiz)  that states
>>>> functions about our product. I don’t know where this originated but I
>>>> presume somewhere data is is pulled/scraped from our official
>>>> elements.
>>>>
>>>> The most important thing I want to bring to the attention of this
>>> community
>>>> is that under the functions section (I am confident you can find
>>>> similar
>>>> sites in your country/language that shows the same) it does NOT
>>>> highlight
>>>> key features/functions like purchasing, order management, planning,
>>> project
>>>> and time management. This should be corrected asap.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Pierre Smits
>>>>
>>>> *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
>>>> *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
>>>> Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
>>>> *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without
>>> privileges)
>>>> since 2008*
>>>> Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer
>>>
>

[Wiebke Pätzold]

Hi all,

I contacted the US site owner as well as the German one. Until now I
didn’t get a helpful answer to my question how we can complete the
Information about OFBiz on their site.

The only answers I get was a link to reset my password on Capterra which
I didn’t request and I was add to a Mailing-list for reviews on Apache
Software.

Best regards,

Wiebke Pätzold



On 2020/01/22 11:06:40, Michael Brohl <[hidden email]> wrote:
 > Just to keep you updated: we have contacted the site owner and got no >
 > answer yet. We also contacted the German site owner.>
 >
 > We are waiting for a reply until end of the week and try again if
there >
 > is no answer.>
 >
 > Thanks,>
 >
 > Michael Brohl>
 >
 > ecomify GmbH - www.ecomify.de>
 >
 >
 > Am 10.01.20 um 14:35 schrieb Michael Brohl:>
 > > This is the english version: >
 > > https://www.capterra.com/p/164046/Apache-OFBiz/>
 > >>
 > > There are similar websites providing such informations with very >
 > > different quality. In a few occasions where I tried to get the data >
 > > updated/corrected I learned that I would have to pay for it. Seems >
 > > most of them are targeted to commercial software vendors.>
 > >>
 > > It would be interesting how it works on this website. If there isn't >
 > > anyone working on this I'll see if our team can clarify with the >
 > > website owner.>
 > >>
 > > Best regards,>
 > >>
 > > Michael Brohl>
 > >>
 > > ecomify GmbH - www.ecomify.de>
 > >>
 > >>
 > > Am 09.01.20 um 10:45 schrieb Pierre Smits:>
 > >> Hi Jacques,>
 > >>>
 > >> There are (as far as I can tell) 3 possibilities where this is
coming >
 > >> from:>
 > >>>
 > >>     1. It is automagically scraped from our official documentation
(by>
 > >>     crawling through our pages on the site and wiki) and collated>
 > >>     2. it is taken from what is in the definition on>
 > >>     https://projects.apache.org>
 > >>     3. it is a manual action to provide that information (when this >
 > >> Dutch>
 > >>     site is different from others)>
 > >>>
 > >> Regarding aspects 1 and 2 the solution would be to insert the
applicable>
 > >> and appropriate keywords in our artefacts, so that they get
reflected in>
 > >> such sites.>
 > >>>
 > >> Digging a little into the website I found that it is US based and>
 > >> affiliated with Gartner.>
 > >>>
 > >> Best regards,>
 > >>>
 > >> Pierre Smits>
 > >>>
 > >> *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*>
 > >> *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*>
 > >> Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer>
 > >> *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without >
 > >> privileges)>
 > >> since 2008*>
 > >> Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer>
 > >>>
 > >>>
 > >> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:31 AM Jacques Le Roux <>
 > >> [hidden email]> wrote:>
 > >>>
 > >>> Hi Pierre,>
 > >>>>
 > >>> Right, how can we fix that though?>
 > >>>>
 > >>> Jacques>
 > >>>>
 > >>> Le 09/01/2020 à 10:01, Pierre Smits a écrit :>
 > >>>> Hi all,>
 > >>>>>
 > >>>> Recently I came across this Dutch website (>
 > >>>> https://www.capterra.nl/software/164046/apache-ofbiz)  that states>
 > >>>> functions about our product. I don’t know where this originated
but I>
 > >>>> presume somewhere data is is pulled/scraped from our official >
 > >>>> elements.>
 > >>>>>
 > >>>> The most important thing I want to bring to the attention of this>
 > >>> community>
 > >>>> is that under the functions section (I am confident you can find >
 > >>>> similar>
 > >>>> sites in your country/language that shows the same) it does NOT >
 > >>>> highlight>
 > >>>> key features/functions like purchasing, order management,
planning,>
 > >>> project>
 > >>>> and time management. This should be corrected asap.>
 > >>>>>
 > >>>> Best regards,>
 > >>>>>
 > >>>> Pierre Smits>
 > >>>>>
 > >>>> *Apache Trafodion <https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*>
 > >>>> *Apache Directory <https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*>
 > >>>> Apache Incubator <https://incubator.apache.org>, committer>
 > >>>> *Apache OFBiz <https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without>
 > >>> privileges)>
 > >>>> since 2008*>
 > >>>> Apache Steve <https://steve.apache.org>, committer>
 > >>>>
 > >>
 >
 >