For open source accounting, it is the best way to integrate
your existing open source projects, though you might need a very strong team of
peoples to enhance the features. Lack of many commercial oriented features and
user friendliness is the biggest problem of open source.
When the company has a lots of development resources (Big
team of programmers), and dedicated to a focus industry, it is always better
and cheaper to utilize open source and create their own proprietary software.
This is not to say small company cannot benefit from open
source, but they must be very focus on a specific area, and be able to extend the
open source project to cover every aspect in that area.
When we turn to commercial solution, everything is
different. Instead of employing lots of programmers for development, we can
always outsource the tools to other vendors. Such tools might include:
Reporting tools
Distribution tools (setup, installer compiler)
Online Analytic and Processing (OLAP) analysis tools
Accounting source code (Require by every business related software)
Many other…
Commercial solution is always the best in term of features
and time saving, but they cost a lot in the initial investment,
including the time and money use to review and purchase of tools, and how to
integrate various different tools into position.
Time and efficiency is always the key to commercial products;
any products that fail to deliver in time will not survive competition in
commercial environment.
For System Integrator or Business Software Company, I would
highly recommend going for commercial solution, unless your company is full of
development resources.
By spending a little bit of money and you will save a lots
of time in development, hence shorten your system delivery time to market.
One big concern from developer is the ease of integration
between existing system and other system. Traditionally accounting software
will provide import/export function in their software, and the integration is
very strict forward: Just import and export, while this might not be very nice,
because:
Time to import / export is always slower compare to integrated system
Time to integrate though is not long, but will not be as easy as Cynics Accounting (I will introduce
later).
Interface and feels is 2 separate systems, decrease the value of whole solution.
Cynics accounting provides easy integration with “integration
stored procedure" ready. There are many commercial source codes available
around, but only Cynics Software provides plug-in architecture in the solution.
Customer may want to try the GL source code before
purchasing the complete accounting. It is pricing at low with full
source code available and ready to integrate with any commercial system.
Open Source Vs Commercial
One of the most difficult parts of my job as an acquisitions manager is to distinguish festival acclaim from commercial viability. There is a definite feel at a film fest - those of you who are fortunate enough to attend a few know what I'm talking about. There's a buzz in the air; a feeling that the next screening you attend just might be something truly memorable and special. Why? There's a few reasons, but the two that resonate most with me are:
1. Festival attendees by definition are more open to new/different/experimental films - that's why they are there....
Every audience is full of true movie lovers hoping to see that memorable, special, "fill in your life-changing adjective here" Film. Films always play better in a theater because of the group dynamic; festival audiences raise that concept to an even higher level.
2. Festival films have been hand chosen by a "qualified" panel - they've allegedly already weeded out those pics unworthy of your time. In theory, it's not the same crapshoot as picking a Friday night film at the cineplex.
But what does that really mean...
The fact of the matter is, festival attendees make up a small portion of the filmgoing public. The vast majority of movie-goers are not looking for new/different/experimental films - take a look at the weekly box office report if you don't believe me. So, what does that mean for me, the acquisitions guy who just attended a sold-out festival screening that received a standing ovation during the credits?
Perhaps more importantly to some of our readers - what does that mean to the director/producer of the film that just received a standing ovation during the credits?
With SXSW nearly upon us, these are both valid questions. I'm left to my own devices - more often than not, a gut reaction based on my personal response to the film and my experience working in this crazy business. For the filmmakers - my advice is to enjoy the moment and get swept up in being the toast of the fest - for about a week. The reality is, too many filmmakers let festival acclaim blow up their ego and their expectations for their film. Definitely try to spin your success into a distribution deal, but don't pass on good deals in hopes of the Weinstein Co. swooping in with a suitcase full of $$$.
It sounds harsh, but the buzz of SXSW is gone in a month, replaced by Tribeca; which in turn is replaced by Cannes, and so on and so forth. It's shocking how quickly you can find your film becoming a distant memory to the buyer ready to turn his attention to the next fest. There are too many titles in our recent past that are still sitting on the shelf because the filmmakers were holding on to an inflated notion of their film's worth. Now, they have a dated title worth half as much as it once was, because being a hit at SXSW in '07 means very little once SXSW '08 kicks off.
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