@anajuaristi please do not be mistaken, there is not only about Odoo. There is not even the certification by itself too. There is problem with the way it is being called, and marketed - the policy.
> The quality certification of a module is the first requirement before getting > a maintenance contract. The certification is being marketed as an absolute prerequisite to receive maintenance. If so, then Tiny clearly states, that the software (without certification) is not ready to be used in a production environment. Which is absolutely wrong. By a nature OSS is more stable and ready for real life than any software developed in different way. Think of a potential SME customer which comes here and sees that he needs to go through certification process for ex. 20 modules (!!!), in order to receive any paid support. So why spend money on certification if one can buy proprietary soft? Which then probably be much cheaper way out. Tiny are giving another chance to say, OSS is just a kids play and the only reliable way to receive a solution is by a means of proprietary software. Sorry, but this is nonsense. People are trying to educate customers that OSS is the new solution to an old problems, but here comes central developer and says, that one requires certification as the software is of bad quality. I do not know, is it so, or not, but Fabien seems a real BG II, just as it states on a cover of the magazine. Obout Odoo, this is closed product (as some other parts of the system it contains, closed code) of Tiny, and I could morally, by ideas or advice support it only if Tiny would behave in a GPL respective manner. Now is the situation that they count only their involvement and market the product much on a proprietary principles, and the only thing that keeps the community is the product, but not the product that is being developed by a community. Kaspars ------------------- http://kndati.lv -------------------- m2f -------------------- -- http://www.openobject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=41095#41095 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ Tinyerp-users mailing list http://tiny.be/mailman2/listinfo/tinyerp-users
