I know what you mean, but maybe it's a mom and dad basement business. They will probably use http://www.myerp.com/ then, free for up to 2 users. Once they grow they will stay there and pay, and have forgotten about web2py... I think the 'free' entry is always good to start out. So regardless of personal convictions, can ERP's use the DAL with only GAE?
On Nov 24, 3:09 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > If an organization cannot afford $20/month for a VPS they should > attempt to use a ERP. > > On Nov 24, 6:49 am, newnomad <uti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > My question was more about what the absolute minimum requirements, > > lowest entry barrrier, for a web2py ERP would be. What if the ERP was > > to be used by an organisation that doesnt have a budget for a VPS yet, > > it would be great if they could start using it on the free GAE, maybe > > not perfect, but it works. Once they organisation grows, they can > > still rent a VPS, but even then they might prefer a scalable PAAS > > solution. > > Will web2py ERP's work on GAE out of the box? > > > On Nov 23, 4:33 pm, Vinicius Assef <vinicius...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > +1 > > > > If we just use DAL, we can count on web2py's transaction management to > > > make the app portable among supported databases. > > > > So, Sqlite may be used in development and testing environments. > > > If you want to run in a really small business, Sqlite could be > > > acceptable, too. > > > > I know some systems developed in Delphi using Paradox as database > > > working for years, now. > > > And they don't imagine what a transaction is. :-( > > > > -- > > > Vinicius Assef. > > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Michele Comitini > > > > <michele.comit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I agree, it is true that in many little environments, there is only > > > > one person writing and a few reading so sqlite would be > > > > more than enough. > > > > > 2010/11/23 mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu>: > > > >> yes it should use dal and work with all supported databases, yet I > > > >> would not run an ERP on a system without transactions. > > > > >> On Nov 23, 9:07 am, Michele Comitini <michele.comit...@gmail.com> > > > >> wrote: > > > >>> IMHO the question is not about having a database, the question is that > > > >>> the ERP must > > > >>> use only DAL for data management and must run on any supported > > > >>> database not only relational ones. > > > > >>> mic > > > > >>> 2010/11/23 mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu>: > > > > >>> > I think a relational database for an ERP is a must and those ERPs > > > >>> > all > > > >>> > support them. > > > >>> > At the university we have peoplesoft+oracle and ~30,000 users. Turns > > > >>> > out the ERP is not a high traffic app and it runs on one VPS (with > > > >>> > replication for high availability). I am sure any web2py ERP will be > > > >>> > just fine on a VPS with postgresql. > > > > >>> > Massimo > > > > >>> > On Nov 23, 8:14 am, newnomad <uti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> >> It's really great that there are 3 ERP's in the works, I'd love to > > > >>> >> switch from tryton to a web2py based system; > > > > >>> >>http://code.google.com/p/gestionlibre/https://bitbucket.org/yamandu/y... > > > >>> >> and a number 3 which I cannot find... > > > > >>> >> However will any of those ever work without a relational database, > > > >>> >> or > > > >>> >> doesn't it make any sense at all for an ERP to work without one? > > > >>> >> If postgre is an absolute must, what are the recommended PAAS/cloud > > > >>> >> options? > > > >>> >> - amazon ec2 > > > >>> >> - Google App Engine for > > > >>> >> businesshttp://code.google.com/appengine/business/ > > > > >>> >> An alternate solution may be to use mysql, so that it's still easy > > > >>> >> to > > > >>> >> deploy web2py on a shared lamp host with phyton enabled, but > > > >>> >> without > > > >>> >> shell access.
