[ILUG] Open Source for local business

[Bernhard Rohrer]

 And everything else like CRM, manufacturing, the works. i am just getting my feet wet with it.

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From: "Michael Jonker" michael at reviveyourpc.ie
To: ilug at linux.ie
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:54:52 +0100
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> The enthusiastic response is encouraging! Great work guys.
>
> To Ger -
>
> Try OpenErp.
>
> http://www.openerp.com/
>
> It has accounting and payroll.
>
> On 15/09/11 12:27, Ger Hooton wrote:
>> What do you propose for accounting/book keeping and payroll ?
>>
>>
>> //Ger
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 11:59 +0100, David Pintor wrote:
>>> Hi Paul,
>>>
>>> That sounds great. I'm sure I'm not the only one here that is excited to
>>> hear about it.
>>>
>>> Good luck for the next sessions and please keep us updated if you organise
>>> more seminars!
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 September 2011 11:16, Paul Scollon

>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> just writing to let you know the outcome of a workshop/seminar myself
>>>> and
>>>> fellow open source crusader Andrew Clarke held in Dundalk
>>>> yesterday.
>>>>
>>>> About 6 months ago I approached the Chamber of Commerce suggesting a
>>>> workshop in saving software costs for small businesses. They offered
>>>> to
>>>> organise it and the local Enterprise Board offered to pay for the
>>>> training
>>>> facilities. We waved any fees in the spirit of what we were hoping to
>>>> get
>>>> across to people.
>>>>
>>>> I was hoping for 10 or 11 local businesses to show up.
>>>>
>>>> In the end end 50 businesses asked to be on the list, and we had to turn
>>>> others away as the facilities could only hold 25 (so we did 2 sessions,
>>>> morning and afternoon).
>>>>
>>>> I can only say it went INCREDIBLY well, and the feedback form local
>>>> business was astounding. We covered mostly open source software
>>>> alternatives
>>>> for Windows, plus some stuff on Portable Apps, but also mentioned
>>>> Linux and
>>>> how it was a great server solution for hosting your own services. We
>>>> spoke
>>>> about the origins of open source, and the difference between it and
>>>> 'free'
>>>> software. We also gave a lot of stats, case studies and bar charts and
>>>> stuff
>>>> that business people can relate to.
>>>>
>>>> We demonstrated how easy it is to migrate users from Microsoft Office
>>>> to
>>>> LibreOffice, Phtoshop to GIMP and so on. They was particular interest
>>>> and
>>>> amazement at the availability of open source CRM and Groupware
>>>> packages that
>>>> we demonstrated.
>>>>
>>>> Afterwards we were bombarded with questions and requests for mote
>>>> hands-on
>>>> workshops, further seminars etc.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking that small IT companies who support open source around
>>>> the
>>>> country should similarly approach their local Chamber of Commerce
>>>> and
>>>> arrange similar events. The time for open source to make headway in
>>>> business
>>>> in Ireland seems to be now, if yesterday is anything to go by.
>>>>
>>>> Some of the material we used, with more to follow, is available at
>>>>
>>>> http://www.opensourceireland.**biz<http://www.opensourceirelan
>>>> d.biz>
>>>>
>>>> Paul Scollon
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> David
>>> http://david.dposs.org
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