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> On 13 Aug 2014, at 14:44, Edward Beckmann <edward.beckm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Robin > > I'm a tad confused - a search shows Full Circle Podcast (your email address) > as a sideshoot of Full Circle Magazine, which supports the Ubuntu community. > If that is you guys then I would have thought you have all the information in > house somewhere. If that's not you, then there needs to be a discussion about > one of you changing your names to reduce confusion. > from personal experience SugarCRM is a bait and switch production, and not a high quality product. > Your question - Sugar CRM has a community edition which can be run on a > server free of charge (though do remember that not all open source software = > free to use however you like). I've used it for several years during which > time it needed little attention. Your main cost will be in setting up a > server and the application properly, and like any software that's a necessary > investment in expertise. There is a demo site that you can use to try out > what it can do, but I think it's in the top couple of CRM systems worldwide. > > Also consider Zoho, which I think has a community edition. > > If it looks as if you need a lot of customisation to get a package to work > for you, consider how you do your admin. A lot of systems work well as > delivered and if you are willing to adapt to the way the package is written > you will save loads of effort compared to making it fit all of your own admin > details. Unless of course your admin system just has to be done a certain way > to work at all. > > Contact me offline if you need, my details are easy enough to find. > > Good luck > > -- > Ed > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
